. A practical treatise on fractures and dislocations . L. A. Dumas method. The long splint omitted because it would mask the drawing. Illustrates Dugas mode of securing the?weight without fatigue to the ankle-joint. and secure these with many-tailed bandages or with single ties. A two or three pound weight shouldthen be fixed to the foot and hung overthe foot-board of the bed, as indicated inthe annexed figures (Figs. 151,152), so asto keep up extension, while the resistanceof the patients body will effect counter-extension. A splint four inches wide, andextending from the side of the th
. A practical treatise on fractures and dislocations . L. A. Dumas method. The long splint omitted because it would mask the drawing. Illustrates Dugas mode of securing the?weight without fatigue to the ankle-joint. and secure these with many-tailed bandages or with single ties. A two or three pound weight shouldthen be fixed to the foot and hung overthe foot-board of the bed, as indicated inthe annexed figures (Figs. 151,152), so asto keep up extension, while the resistanceof the patients body will effect counter-extension. A splint four inches wide, andextending from the side of the thorax toa little below the foot, will now serve tokeep the limb straight and to maintainthe foot in a proper position. This splintshould be secured by separate ties passedaround the abdomen, pelvis, thigh, leg,and foot. Finally, an arch of crossed hoops should protect the toesfrom the bedclothes. Joshua B. Flint, of Louisville, Ky., has sometimes, as will be seenby the following quotation from a letter addressed to the author, em-ployed a similar apparatus with excellent results. Of late years I have generally employed Listons singl
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