A practical treatise on fractures and dislocations . ndedin a sling, in a state of semi-pronation, the hand shall fall by its own weight tothe ulnar side. Dupuytren, and after him Chelius, adopt, in addition to the palmar and dorsalsplints, the attelle cubitale, or ulnar splint; which is a gutter, composed ofsteel, iron, tin, or some other metal, and made to fit the ulnar margin of the 1 Boston Med. and Surg. Journal, vol. xxv. p. 289. 2 Holmess System of Surgery, Amer. ed., 1870, vol. ii. p. 798. 3 De Lavrentii Heisteri, Institutiones Chirurgicae, pars prima, p. 203, Amsterdam ed.,1739. * Mal


A practical treatise on fractures and dislocations . ndedin a sling, in a state of semi-pronation, the hand shall fall by its own weight tothe ulnar side. Dupuytren, and after him Chelius, adopt, in addition to the palmar and dorsalsplints, the attelle cubitale, or ulnar splint; which is a gutter, composed ofsteel, iron, tin, or some other metal, and made to fit the ulnar margin of the 1 Boston Med. and Surg. Journal, vol. xxv. p. 289. 2 Holmess System of Surgery, Amer. ed., 1870, vol. ii. p. 798. 3 De Lavrentii Heisteri, Institutiones Chirurgicae, pars prima, p. 203, Amsterdam ed.,1739. * Malgaigne, Traite de Frac, etc., torn. i. p. 614, Paris ed. 5 Dupuytren on Bones, London ed., p. 140. 6 B. Cooper, Lectures on Surg., p. 232, American ed. 7 Cheliuss Surg., vol. i. p. 613. FRACTUKES OF THE RADIUS. 287 forearm and hand, when the hand is drawn forcibly to the ulnar side. Blandin,1Nelaton,2 and G-ourand,3 also, under certain contingencies employ the surgeons, however, employ either a palmar or a dorsal splint; or both Fig. Nelatons splint for fracture of the radius. palmar and dorsal splints constructed with a knee, or pistol-shaped, and theythus avoid the necessity of the ulnar splint. Thus, Nelaton,4 Robert Smith,5and Erichsen,6 recommend this peculiar form only in the dorsal splint; while Fig. 152. /~\


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