Atlas and epitome of traumatic fractures and dislocations . Fig. 18.—Plaster-of-Paris dressing, converted into two accuratelyfitting gutters by cutting it down the side. The cut edges are boundwith adhesive Fig. 19.—Showing how the hand and foot are held in the desiredposition by the tricot sleeve-bandage, while the plaster-of-Paris dress-ing is applied. has the additional advantage that the overhanging endscan be utilized to hold the end of the extremity,—hand orfoot,—while the plaster-of-Paris dressing is applied, thustaking the place of the loops ordinarily used. GENERAL CONSIDERA
Atlas and epitome of traumatic fractures and dislocations . Fig. 18.—Plaster-of-Paris dressing, converted into two accuratelyfitting gutters by cutting it down the side. The cut edges are boundwith adhesive Fig. 19.—Showing how the hand and foot are held in the desiredposition by the tricot sleeve-bandage, while the plaster-of-Paris dress-ing is applied. has the additional advantage that the overhanging endscan be utilized to hold the end of the extremity,—hand orfoot,—while the plaster-of-Paris dressing is applied, thustaking the place of the loops ordinarily used. GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS. 71 In applying a fixation bandage direct pressure on theseat of fracture must always be avoided. Fixation is ob-tained not by direct pressure, but indirectly, so to speak,by placing the contiguous fragments in the proper , it hardly needs to be mentioned that anyother prominences must also be protected against pressureand the formation of pressure-sores. The use of an extension apparatus with permanent ex-tension by means of weights is not confined to fracturesof the thigh. They may quite properly be employed inthe treatment of fractures of the upper extremity, as, forexample
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