. A practical treatise on fractures and dislocations. Fig. 1.—Fracture of Neck of Femur, in a Boy, aged Fig. i2. The -^anio as Fig. 1. nftoi- tra^Mion FRACTURES OF THE FEMUR. 381 Continuous traction can be made by weight and pulley (Bucksextension), or by Hodgen^s suspended splint, or by a combination ofthe two, or in combination with a long side-splint or hip-splint. Thedetails of their application are given in Chapter VII. If Bucks ex-tension is used the foot and leg should lie upon a Yolkmann\s sliding-rest (Fig. 50) to promote comfort and oppose eversion of the limb,and a small f
. A practical treatise on fractures and dislocations. Fig. 1.—Fracture of Neck of Femur, in a Boy, aged Fig. i2. The -^anio as Fig. 1. nftoi- tra^Mion FRACTURES OF THE FEMUR. 381 Continuous traction can be made by weight and pulley (Bucksextension), or by Hodgen^s suspended splint, or by a combination ofthe two, or in combination with a long side-splint or hip-splint. Thedetails of their application are given in Chapter VII. If Bucks ex-tension is used the foot and leg should lie upon a Yolkmann\s sliding-rest (Fig. 50) to promote comfort and oppose eversion of the limb,and a small firm cushion should be placed behind the pressure upon the outer aspect of the trochanter to press thefragments together can be made by a padded band about the weight varies from five or ten pounds in the old to fifteen ortwenty in the young adult. If Hodgeus splint (Fig. 51) is used, thetraction can be made greater or less by changing the angle of thesupporting cord ; thus, in the old its upper attachment should usuallybe about a foot beyond the vertical (at a height of about fiv
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