A practical treatise on fractures and dislocations . E. Daniels invalid four-post bedstead. A mattress and one or two quilts must be placedupon the boards of the bedstead underneath the sacking, and a sheet ortwo above the sacking, upon which last the patient is to be laid. Inarranging the linen underneath the patient, the most convenient plan is, Fig. Burges apparatus applied; this is a very servieable appliance as it comjarises both a bedand a splint, and enables the patient to lie or sit without pressure in the groin. instead of using only one sheet, which will require that a ho
A practical treatise on fractures and dislocations . E. Daniels invalid four-post bedstead. A mattress and one or two quilts must be placedupon the boards of the bedstead underneath the sacking, and a sheet ortwo above the sacking, upon which last the patient is to be laid. Inarranging the linen underneath the patient, the most convenient plan is, Fig. Burges apparatus applied; this is a very servieable appliance as it comjarises both a bedand a splint, and enables the patient to lie or sit without pressure in the groin. instead of using only one sheet, which will require that a hole shall bemade in it corresponding to the hole in the sacking, to employ two sheets,and, doubling them separately, to bring the folded margin of each fromabove and from below to the centre of the opening. When the patienthas occasion to use the bed-pan, it is only necessary that two or fourpersons should lift this frame, and place under each corner a block about 1 See Figs. 186 and 189 ot 5th edition of this treatise. FRACTURES OF THE SHAFT OF THE FEMUR. 409 one foot in height, or it may be raised by a pulley and ropes suspended from the ceiling. Fig. 251.
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