A practical treatise on fractures and dislocations . John Neills apparatus for fractures of the leg requiring extension and counter-extension. by substituting adhesive plaster for the usual extending or counter-extending bands. Says Dr. Neill: For simple fractures of both bones of the leg, at-tended with shortening and deformity not easily overcome, the limbshould be placed in a long fracture-box with sides extending as highas the middle of the thigh, and a pillow should be used for compresses. The counter-extension is made by strips of adhesive plaster, oneinch and a half in breadth, secured
A practical treatise on fractures and dislocations . John Neills apparatus for fractures of the leg requiring extension and counter-extension. by substituting adhesive plaster for the usual extending or counter-extending bands. Says Dr. Neill: For simple fractures of both bones of the leg, at-tended with shortening and deformity not easily overcome, the limbshould be placed in a long fracture-box with sides extending as highas the middle of the thigh, and a pillow should be used for compresses. The counter-extension is made by strips of adhesive plaster, oneinch and a half in breadth, secured on each side of the leg below the Fig. John Neills apparatus for compound fractures of the leg. knee, and above the seat of fracture by narrower strips of plasterapplied circularly. The end of the counter-extending strips may thenbe secured to holes in the upper end of the sides of the fracture-box,by which the line of the counter-extension is rendered nearly parallelwith the limb. The extension is also to be made by adhesive strips, in a modewhich is now well known and understood. The ends of the extendingbands may be fastened to the foot-board of the 1 Philadelphia Med. Exam., vol. xi, p. 580, 1855. FRACTURES OF THE TIBIA AND FIBULA. 495 Dr. Neill further remarks : In compound fractures of the leg,shortening and deformity are often difficult to overcome, as is wellknown to experienced surgeons. In such cases we may wish to dressthe wounded soft parts, and, at the same time, maintain a certainamount of extension and counter-extension. This can be readily accomplished by having the sides of the frac-ture-box sawed in
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