A system of surgery : pathological, diagnostic, therapeutic, and operative . Application of the gaitei-. Application of the handlierchief. prevent chafing, and other inconvenience. A similar remark is applicable, onlymore forcibly, to the handkerchief, fig. 429, at one time so much employed furthis purpose. Both appliances should be proscribed, especially as an admirablesubstitute may always be found in adhesive strips, secured to the sides of thelimb, fig. 430, and tied at the bottom of the foot-board. The annexed cut, fig. 431, represents the method of treating oblique fractures Fig. A


A system of surgery : pathological, diagnostic, therapeutic, and operative . Application of the gaitei-. Application of the handlierchief. prevent chafing, and other inconvenience. A similar remark is applicable, onlymore forcibly, to the handkerchief, fig. 429, at one time so much employed furthis purpose. Both appliances should be proscribed, especially as an admirablesubstitute may always be found in adhesive strips, secured to the sides of thelimb, fig. 430, and tied at the bottom of the foot-board. The annexed cut, fig. 431, represents the method of treating oblique fractures Fig. Application of adhesive strips for malting extension. of the leg, recommended by Dr. Swinburne. A narrow, delicate splint and footpiece are fastened by means of adhesive plaster, while counter-extension is madefrom the knee by strips of the same material looped about the limb below thejoint. A strong cord is then passed through this loop, and thence on through ahole in the side splint, opposite the lower part of the thigh, in order to afford the Fig. 431.


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