. A new manual of surgery, civil and military. A B The Hinged Cradle Splint.(a) Raised on the strut, as for dressing, (b) Horizontal Blakes Splint Applied to a Compound Fracture of the Middle Third of the Femur. The splint is made entirely of metal and is practically in two pieces. It is about eleveninches wide at the top and four inches between the bars at the bottom, easily adjusted to alarge or a small thigh. The patient being placed in bed, after applying the first careful dress-ing, the splint is suspended as shown, and a ten-pound traction applied. The splint is comfort-able a
. A new manual of surgery, civil and military. A B The Hinged Cradle Splint.(a) Raised on the strut, as for dressing, (b) Horizontal Blakes Splint Applied to a Compound Fracture of the Middle Third of the Femur. The splint is made entirely of metal and is practically in two pieces. It is about eleveninches wide at the top and four inches between the bars at the bottom, easily adjusted to alarge or a small thigh. The patient being placed in bed, after applying the first careful dress-ing, the splint is suspended as shown, and a ten-pound traction applied. The splint is comfort-able and allows dressing as required. 786 MODERN MILITARY SURGERY NERVE INJURIES There is a relatively greater proportion of nerve injuries in modern war-fare, and the subject has become one of great importance in diagnosis andtreatment. The reason for a greater incidence is probably in the larger num-ber of gunshot injuries due to high velocity bullets that cause complete ruptureof the nerve trunk. When the nerve is traversed in an acute angle to its longaxis there is a correspondingly greater involvement. Particles from shells orbullets or s
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