The treatment of fractures . Seat offracture. Fig. 546.—Fracture of the internal malleolus (Massa-chusetts General Hospital, 10S4. X-ray tracing). 58S 386 FRACTURES OF THE LEG the foot, and a forward lift upon the posterior part of the foot orheel. The practitioner may very properly use the Dupuytrensplint. It is thought to be uncomfortable, but it is not if prop-erly applied. It is very efficient in holding the fracture Dupuytren Splint.— This is a board from one-quarter toone-half of an inch thick, long enough to extend from the middle. Fig. 547.—Potts fracture. Dupuytrens splint
The treatment of fractures . Seat offracture. Fig. 546.—Fracture of the internal malleolus (Massa-chusetts General Hospital, 10S4. X-ray tracing). 58S 386 FRACTURES OF THE LEG the foot, and a forward lift upon the posterior part of the foot orheel. The practitioner may very properly use the Dupuytrensplint. It is thought to be uncomfortable, but it is not if prop-erly applied. It is very efficient in holding the fracture Dupuytren Splint.— This is a board from one-quarter toone-half of an inch thick, long enough to extend from the middle. Fig. 547.—Potts fracture. Dupuytrens splint. Note length ol splint; position of strapsarrangement i padding ; space between foot and splint. of the thigh to six inches below the sole of the foot, and as wideas the calf of the leg from front to back (see Fig. 547). At itslower or foot end it is serrated with three or four teeth, as seen inthe illustration. It is padded with folded sheets, so that when itis applied to the inner surface of the limb, the padding extends tojust above the level of the internal malleolus, the serrated end of POTT S FRACTURE 387 the splint projectingsix inches below the sole of the foot. The pad-ding,as seen in the illustration, is so thick at the lower end over theinternal malleolus that sufficient room is left for inversion and rota-tion of the foot upon its anteroposterior axis without its impingingupon the splint in the least. The splint is held in place by straps
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