. The principles and practice of modern surgery . sented in Fig. The elbow is fixed in the hole; ihe smaller strapspass back and front of the chest and are buckled over the opposite FRACTURE OF THE CLAVICLE. 237 shoulder; and the broad part is buckled round the chest, confining thearm to the side. The ^vhole being in one piece cannot slip, and is ver)available for children. In ordinary cases the patient may be allowed towalk about in a week or ten days, and the cure will be completed in amonth or five weeks. The patient should be informed that some littleirregularity is apt to remain. If,
. The principles and practice of modern surgery . sented in Fig. The elbow is fixed in the hole; ihe smaller strapspass back and front of the chest and are buckled over the opposite FRACTURE OF THE CLAVICLE. 237 shoulder; and the broad part is buckled round the chest, confining thearm to the side. The ^vhole being in one piece cannot slip, and is ver)available for children. In ordinary cases the patient may be allowed towalk about in a week or ten days, and the cure will be completed in amonth or five weeks. The patient should be informed that some littleirregularity is apt to remain. If, however, there is any ditficulty in main-taining a proper position, the patient must be confined to bed, andsome additional apparatus be employed. The simplest is a straightsplint across the shoulders, to which they are to be bound by the figureof 8 bandage ; or a splint shaped like a T, of which the horizontal part isbound to the shoulders; and the vertical part passes down the back, andis confined by a belt round the abdomen. Besides these th
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