British medical journal . y bending the malleable iron bands to the con-tour of his body (Fig. 3). He is prevented from slipping up ordown on the frame by shoulder and perineal bauds fastened asshown. The affected arm is supported by rigid bauds of per-forated zinc, and fixed extension is applied, not to the foreann,but to the upper arm. In this way the elbow can easily bepassively moved and thereby prevented from becoming stiff-^a most important consideration in treatment. By passing abandage, imjiregaated with French chalk, from side to sidebetween the body and the frame several times a day,
British medical journal . y bending the malleable iron bands to the con-tour of his body (Fig. 3). He is prevented from slipping up ordown on the frame by shoulder and perineal bauds fastened asshown. The affected arm is supported by rigid bauds of per-forated zinc, and fixed extension is applied, not to the foreann,but to the upper arm. In this way the elbow can easily bepassively moved and thereby prevented from becoming stiff-^a most important consideration in treatment. By passing abandage, imjiregaated with French chalk, from side to sidebetween the body and the frame several times a day, anytendency to a sore back is easily overcome. By the use of this splint I have found that the patientcan be easil3 nursed and the dressings changed withoutpain or discomfort, and without the general reactiondescribed above. Certainly such cases as I have treatedon this frame settled down more rapidly and required lessinterference than had formerly been the case. Further-more, patients can be transported in it with /HCIB IKOH
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