. St. Louis courier of medicine. greatest strength is needed and do away withthe necessity of steel bars, which uncanney makers rivet totheir slimpsey stock. The leather, now enwrapping the cast, is tightly woundwith a cotton trout line, well twisted or braided, commencingin the center and working toward one end, which half beingwound, the cord is passed back to the center and the otherhalf completed. The tighter this cord is drawn the morethoroughly does the leather adapt itself to the inequalities ofthe cast, and too the harder it becomes. The power of the Steele.—The Leather Splint-Brace. 8
. St. Louis courier of medicine. greatest strength is needed and do away withthe necessity of steel bars, which uncanney makers rivet totheir slimpsey stock. The leather, now enwrapping the cast, is tightly woundwith a cotton trout line, well twisted or braided, commencingin the center and working toward one end, which half beingwound, the cord is passed back to the center and the otherhalf completed. The tighter this cord is drawn the morethoroughly does the leather adapt itself to the inequalities ofthe cast, and too the harder it becomes. The power of the Steele.—The Leather Splint-Brace. 83 hand and arm is not sufficient for this purpose, so the weight ofthe body is evoked through a tread lever. Two poplar boards,7 inches wide and 5 feet and 7 feet long, respectively, are fas-tened together at one end by two strap hinges. The longboard is beneath and lies on the floor, the top board has apulley screwed to its free end and a large screw-eye or stapledriven into its center about 16 inches from its hinged end. The. Fig. 4.—Showing Jacket Half Wound. cord is made to pass through this staple along on the uppersurface of the board and around the pulley up to and througha hole in the center of a small kitchen table, and around thecast lying on its top. The tread board lies on the floor, underand cross-wise to the table. The operator stands with his leftside to the table, seizes the disengaged cord about 3 feet fromthe staple with his gloved right hand and draws on the cord, thiscauses the free end of the tread board to rise. He now plants on Courier of Medicine. the board his right foot catching and fixing the cord under-neath it. The weight of the body thus thrown upon the treadcauses the cord around the cast to bind with a pull of IOO ormore pounds, while the assistant firmly holds the leathered operator steps off and slackens the cord held by his righthand while the assistant makes a half turn of the cast, windingthe cord on that much, then holds it fir
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