. Minor and operative surgery, including bandaging . r ?^J^^m M Position of compress in Colless fracture. reduced. The arm should then be brought into the posi-tion of supination, and a firm compress of lint is nextplaced over the lower end of the upper fragment on thepalmar surface of the forearm ; a second compress is then Fig. Bonds splint. placed over the upper end of the lower fragment (), and a well-padded Bonds splint (Fig. 279) is applied FRACTURE OF LOWER END OF THE RADIUS. 385 to the palmar surface of the arm and held in place by theturns of a roller-bandage (Fig. 280).

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. Minor and operative surgery, including bandaging . r ?^J^^m M Position of compress in Colless fracture. reduced. The arm should then be brought into the posi-tion of supination, and a firm compress of lint is nextplaced over the lower end of the upper fragment on thepalmar surface of the forearm ; a second compress is then Fig. Bonds splint. placed over the upper end of the lower fragment (), and a well-padded Bonds splint (Fig. 279) is applied FRACTURE OF LOWER END OF THE RADIUS. 385 to the palmar surface of the arm and held in place by theturns of a roller-bandage (Fig. 280). Many surgeons treat this fracture with the hand in aposition between pronation and supination, the thumb Fig. 280. & m ,•.--, SKI ?l ^KvLl Dressing for fracture of the lower end of the radius. pointing upward. A substitute for Bonds splint may beprepared by fastening a roller-bandage obliquely upon a Fig. 281.

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