. Surgery, its principles and practice . Three canvas fiANot^s oneaqmsioe SECUHSO to COVefi Bf COPP^K HIV£rs PMZlSuffS ,_ 6^ vJjTH two Hivets 2-o^jC Ty^e Scrj^ws AND S/iAssTiArer <-^ _r<^-- PvQTric Oj- fish E. Fig. 544.—Apron Stretcher, Working Drawing. frame and canvas cover constitutes the splint base, locally soft and yieldingto the body, but structurally strong and rigid. To each side of this covering is secured a flap or apron as indicatedin the drawings, which are folded over the body of the patient from his 1066 NAVAL SURGERY. axillaB to his ankles, if need be, and then secured by


. Surgery, its principles and practice . Three canvas fiANot^s oneaqmsioe SECUHSO to COVefi Bf COPP^K HIV£rs PMZlSuffS ,_ 6^ vJjTH two Hivets 2-o^jC Ty^e Scrj^ws AND S/iAssTiArer <-^ _r<^-- PvQTric Oj- fish E. Fig. 544.—Apron Stretcher, Working Drawing. frame and canvas cover constitutes the splint base, locally soft and yieldingto the body, but structurally strong and rigid. To each side of this covering is secured a flap or apron as indicatedin the drawings, which are folded over the body of the patient from his 1066 NAVAL SURGERY. axillaB to his ankles, if need be, and then secured by hooks and lacings,quickly fastened in the same way as the ordinary shoe-lace is both ends and a part of the length of both sides, handles are placedby which to grasp and lift or suspend the apparatus. In securing the patient to this stretcher his arms may be left free,thus adding to his sense of comfort, and he may be able to assist a littlein his own transportation, or one or both may be included in the apronfastening. * Before lacing up the apron, if it appears desirable, splints, cushions,or padding of any kind may be included, and it is maintained that thestretcher is adaptable to any inju


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