. A practical treatise on fractures and dislocations. should always be left uncovered and should berepeatedly inspected during the first two or three days in order to detectany interference with the circulation, TREATMENT. 95 In the lack of plaster rollers (Ik- dressing <;in be made of ;mycoarse material cut in suitable strips and soaked in plaster cream. If it is desired to have a small portion of the limb exposed, as forthe dressing of a wound, ;t fenestra can be cut, ;ui<l its edges protectedwith adhesive plaster, rubber tissue, or oiled silk. Jf a larger openingis required the splint
. A practical treatise on fractures and dislocations. should always be left uncovered and should berepeatedly inspected during the first two or three days in order to detectany interference with the circulation, TREATMENT. 95 In the lack of plaster rollers (Ik- dressing <;in be made of ;mycoarse material cut in suitable strips and soaked in plaster cream. If it is desired to have a small portion of the limb exposed, as forthe dressing of a wound, ;t fenestra can be cut, ;ui<l its edges protectedwith adhesive plaster, rubber tissue, or oiled silk. Jf a larger openingis required the splint must be reinforced by one or two curved ironbands incorporated in the dressing or, better, fastened to it byadditional turns of a plaster roller after the main portion of thedressing has hardened. These are termed fenestrated or, if theopening includes the eutire circumference, interrupted splint-(Fig. 42). Ochsner recommends very highly a means devised by Croux for theprotection of the splint against the discharges in compound Fio. Fenestrated plaster dressing. It consists of a thick solution of India-rubber in chloroform mixedwith small pieces of lambs wool; this is poured in between the splintand the limb around the opening. Similar dressings can be made with silicate of soda or potash, starch,dextrin, or glue. The silicate and dextrin are used by thoroughly satu-rating roller-bandages with the material and applying them in the samemanner as plaster bandages. They do not dry so rapidly as plaster,but are lighter and cleaner and not so liable to crumble at the is frequently used for dressings of the hand and edges of both silicate and plaster dressings can be advantageouslyprotected against crumbling by covering them with adhesiveplaster. The removal of one of these dressings is a tedious and troublesometask ; it can best be done by cutting lengthwise with a short, stout-bladed knife, aided in the case of plaster by moistening the
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