. Elements of surgery: for the use of students : with plates (Volume 1) . ccur after thisaccident, and the motion of the elbow is much obA^iate this, Dr. Physick has for many years been inthe habit of applying two angular splints, which keepthe fore arm flexed at a right angle upon the arm. Thefracture being redaced, and the parts placed in their pro-per situation, a roller is to be applied as usual, from thewrist to the shoulder, and brouglit down over the angularsplints: these splints are made of pasteboard or wood, aninch and a half wide % the part applied to the arm, ex-tends fr
. Elements of surgery: for the use of students : with plates (Volume 1) . ccur after thisaccident, and the motion of the elbow is much obA^iate this, Dr. Physick has for many years been inthe habit of applying two angular splints, which keepthe fore arm flexed at a right angle upon the arm. Thefracture being redaced, and the parts placed in their pro-per situation, a roller is to be applied as usual, from thewrist to the shoulder, and brouglit down over the angularsplints: these splints are made of pasteboard or wood, aninch and a half wide % the part applied to the arm, ex-tends from near the shoulder to the elbow, and the partapplied to the fore arm, should be long enough to reachto the ends of the fingers, to obviate the motions of thehand; a handkerchief passed round the neck, supportsthe weight of the arm. After a week has elapsed, the dressings are to be re-moved, and the joint carefully and gently flexed, and ex-tended several times to prevent stiffness; after whichthey are to be carefully reapplied, and this is to be re- Flats v. %\\. ?^:. ^ m TA ^ ELEMENTS OF SURGERY. £gg peated once in every forty-eight hours, increasing as thecure advances, the motion of the joint. At the end ofthree weeks the mode of dressing is to be altered, andsplints forming an obtuse angle are to be substituted forthe rectangular,- which had been first employed. Theobject of this change is to prevent a kind of deformity,which though not very important in man, as it does notinterfere with the motions of the joint, is, however, ofmore consequence to females. The deformity alluded to,consists, in an angular jjrojection of the elbow, is most evident when the whole arm is placed at rightangles to the body, with the tlmmb upwards, the patientstanding erect. In that case, instead of a gentle curvedownwards at the elbow, which is natural, the curve isdirectly reversed. I have attempted to represent it inthe annexed sketch, in which the natural a^d the deform-ed
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