. Manual of operative surgery. Fig. iog2.—(Steinmann.) ? Fig. 1093.—Improved ice-tong calipers.(r. P. Jones, Am. J. Orthop. Surg.) Apply dressings to the punctures around the protruding ends of the strings to the end of the skewer and a weight to the strings. 2. On oneside of the limb make a puncture down to the bone through the puncturefasten a nail or drill securely into the bone. Do the same on the opposite sideof the bone and attach weights to the nails by means of cords or cahpers (, 1091 and 1092). The first of these methods is by far the better. Ransohoff uses an

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. Manual of operative surgery. Fig. iog2.—(Steinmann.) ? Fig. 1093.—Improved ice-tong calipers.(r. P. Jones, Am. J. Orthop. Surg.) Apply dressings to the punctures around the protruding ends of the strings to the end of the skewer and a weight to the strings. 2. On oneside of the limb make a puncture down to the bone through the puncturefasten a nail or drill securely into the bone. Do the same on the opposite sideof the bone and attach weights to the nails by means of cords or cahpers (, 1091 and 1092). The first of these methods is by far the better. Ransohoff uses an appliance like ice-tongs or calipers for the same Jones, Bowlby, Sinclair and others urge that the Steinmann apparatusis dangerous and that ice-tongs calipers such as devised by Ransohoff and modi-fied by Pearson be so guarded that they grip but do not penetrate the bone 918 FRACTURES. MALUNION (Fig. 1093). ^f course care nnist be taken to a\oid any penetration of or injuryto a joint in using the calipers

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