Notes on the modern treatment of fractures . Fig. Nails and Drill. These are readily pushed through the skin, muscles and com-pact exterior of the bone by means of a handle which fits thehead. The handle is then detached and the nails are driveninto the deeper portions of bone with a hammer. After two,three, or four weeks the nails should be pulled out by the claw-. Fro. Forceps. like forceps. For convenience I have had a hammer-headmade upon one side of the forceps. During the driving of the nail or nails the fragmentsalready adjusted are held by the fingers of the opera
Notes on the modern treatment of fractures . Fig. Nails and Drill. These are readily pushed through the skin, muscles and com-pact exterior of the bone by means of a handle which fits thehead. The handle is then detached and the nails are driveninto the deeper portions of bone with a hammer. After two,three, or four weeks the nails should be pulled out by the claw-. Fro. Forceps. like forceps. For convenience I have had a hammer-headmade upon one side of the forceps. During the driving of the nail or nails the fragmentsalready adjusted are held by the fingers of the operator or as-sistant; and after fixation is accomplished an aseptic dressing 88 THE MODERN TREATMENT OF FRACTURES. and a light splint of wood, metal, paper, or gypsum are ap-plied. Ordinary wire nail? and a hammer may be used with satis-faction, but the want of temper and point makes them ratherless convenient. If the nail first inserted does not effectively fix the piecesof broken bone, it should be withdrawn and re-inserted, orone or two additional nails should be used. The placing ofthe nails will be found much more easy in open than in closedfractures; and will require more skill and patience in com-minuted fractures than in those in which there are but twofragments. There will be but a limited number of fractures in whichthis operation is demanded, but it will, I beli
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