A practical treatise on fractures and dislocations . Gilberts box for compound fractures of the The four counter-extending adhesive strips, as if encircling the knee and upper part of The two extending adhesive strips crossing at the bottom of the foot, ready to he applied to Thefoot. 3. Tourniquet. is omitted, and a block for the reception of the frame of the tourniquetis substituted. Each side of the box consists of three separate seg-ments. Of these the upper and lower are permanently screwed to thebottom-board, and the central one is attached by hinges. By thisarrangement the
A practical treatise on fractures and dislocations . Gilberts box for compound fractures of the The four counter-extending adhesive strips, as if encircling the knee and upper part of The two extending adhesive strips crossing at the bottom of the foot, ready to he applied to Thefoot. 3. Tourniquet. is omitted, and a block for the reception of the frame of the tourniquetis substituted. Each side of the box consists of three separate seg-ments. Of these the upper and lower are permanently screwed to thebottom-board, and the central one is attached by hinges. By thisarrangement there is full access to the wound, which may be dressedfrom day to day without disturbing the extension and counter-exten-sion, maintained by the permanently attached upper and lower seg-ments. The following woodcuts are intended to illustrate an apparatusinvented by R. O. Crandall, for the purpose of making permanent Fig. Section of Crandalls apparatus, applied to the limb; showing adhesive plaster counter-extendingbands and gaiter for extension, etc. 496 FRACTURES OF THE TIBIA AND FIBULA. extension. The extension is represented as being made by a gaiter, butDr. Crandall leaves it to the choice of the surgeon whether he shallemploy the gaiter or adhesive Without intending to deny to these contrivances for permanent ex-tension much ingenuity and considerable practical value, I am far from Fig. 230.
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