New elements of operative surgery . no compression, serving at the sametime, in some degree, as a cushion and splint to the part. In otherrespects, the troughs that are made of tin, iron plates, {tole^ paste-board, or even wood, should be as light as possible, and sufficientlylong to extend at least to the middle of the limb, above and belowthe diseased articulation. Those which the natives of Brazil orAmerica make with flexible stalks or reeds, and which have beenimproved upon by M. Smith, have the advantage of being widenedor narrowed at pleasure, and of even being transformed into acylindri
New elements of operative surgery . no compression, serving at the sametime, in some degree, as a cushion and splint to the part. In otherrespects, the troughs that are made of tin, iron plates, {tole^ paste-board, or even wood, should be as light as possible, and sufficientlylong to extend at least to the middle of the limb, above and belowthe diseased articulation. Those which the natives of Brazil orAmerica make with flexible stalks or reeds, and which have beenimproved upon by M. Smith, have the advantage of being widenedor narrowed at pleasure, and of even being transformed into acylindrical canal; but they are not so convenient as ours ofpasteboard. Article V.—Hand-Board {Palettes) and Foot-Board, {Semelles.) In connection with plain and grooved (^s- 69.) splints and trough-boxes, are to be con-sidered the articles known under thename of palettes and soles. The palette is a plate of wood (Fig. 69)designed to support the hand and divided like the fingers whenthey are expanded, it ought to be of.
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