Lectures on orthopedic surgery . , or mus-lin bandage have been sewn, are applied to the outerand inner surlaces of the leg. If these pieces of ad-hesive plaster are supplied with narrow, oblique, lateralstrips for winding around the leg, they will remainmuch longer attached to the skin. The plasters appliedare held in place by an ordinary roller-bandage. Thesurgeon now grasps the patients foot and pulls steadilydownward, at the same time pushing the splint upward,and having straightened the limb as much as the patientwill tolerate, ties the tape terminations of the adhesiveplasters at the dim
Lectures on orthopedic surgery . , or mus-lin bandage have been sewn, are applied to the outerand inner surlaces of the leg. If these pieces of ad-hesive plaster are supplied with narrow, oblique, lateralstrips for winding around the leg, they will remainmuch longer attached to the skin. The plasters appliedare held in place by an ordinary roller-bandage. Thesurgeon now grasps the patients foot and pulls steadilydownward, at the same time pushing the splint upward,and having straightened the limb as much as the patientwill tolerate, ties the tape terminations of the adhesiveplasters at the dimple at the lower end of the splint. Astill better way consists in threading loops, attachedto the end of the extension strips, with strings, and,after pulling, winding in spiral fashion the string on 204 either side round the bars of the splint until they meetbelow, where they are tied. By this expedient all pres-sure on the ankle is avoided, and the tension is longermaintained. The lower leather cross-strap is now placed at the. Fio. IGS.—TLilerfLilc-i; of the knee ani ??caliper splint in position and the haltt .I tliiow. Showing theadjusted to the arm. back of the ankle, drawn snugly across, and sewed other leather strap is placed at the back of theknee, or at the back of some part of the thigh if theknee is too greatly flexed to rest upon it. drawn across 2Uo to the opposite bar and sewed there. The knee is nowpressed backward, straightening it as much as thepatient will tolerate, and held there by a roller-bandagecarried to and fro across the front of the limb aroundfirst one side-bar and then the other ; or a thick pad maybe placed across the lower end of the thigh, well downupon the patella, and backward pressure made by astrong strip of bandage passed across from side to sideand somewhat dowmward and tied to each side-bar bya half-hitch, and then carried across the pad and this the traction-tapes at the bottom are againtightened. The limb is left th
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