The Medical and surgical reporter . ut the moment this swelling has been reducedthe parts are to ^te put back into the originaldressing. With this splint I have secured fair union inBartons fracture in two weeks. And I havetreated cases where, from the complete quiet Ihave been able to secure to the parts, I have nothad occasion to remove the arm from the splintfrom the occasion of first moulding it, until com-pelled by the necessity for passive motion of theimplicated joint; in other words, the inflammatoryaction has been so slight—the result in part, as Ibelieve, of the profound quiet secure
The Medical and surgical reporter . ut the moment this swelling has been reducedthe parts are to ^te put back into the originaldressing. With this splint I have secured fair union inBartons fracture in two weeks. And I havetreated cases where, from the complete quiet Ihave been able to secure to the parts, I have nothad occasion to remove the arm from the splintfrom the occasion of first moulding it, until com-pelled by the necessity for passive motion of theimplicated joint; in other words, the inflammatoryaction has been so slight—the result in part, as Ibelieve, of the profound quiet secured to the part—that the little swelling has been easily enoughcombatted without at all interfering with thedressing. At times, however, I have found my-self compelled to ease the patient by cutting awaymore or less of the sides of the splint, but this is,of course, easy enough done without disturbingthe dressing in any important particular. No dorsal splint is required with this dressing,and very seldom any compress. Fig. 3— a is a palmetto ; a plaster mould; c, a compress. Take a palmetto as represented by c/, or thethe plaster palmette of dressing No. 1 answersquite as well, although because of its greater light-ness I i>refer the former, being made all of lightwood. Set the fracture, and lay the arm upon thepalmette, dressing between pronation and supi-nation. Take now a piece of coarse crash, andcutting it so as to fit the dorsum of the fore-arm,saturate with x^li«ter-cream, made by thinningdown the plaster with water; now, while all wet,lay it quietly around the arm, and throw a loose 1863-] COM?4UNTCATIONS. 243 bandage about the whole ; keep the arm perfectly atrest until the plaster sets, then remove the plaster saturated crash will now be found tohave assumed the character of an unyielding a,ndperfectly fitting splint, which, when bound to theparts with the proper degree of compression, willprevent the slightest possible motion. The delicatecompr
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