American practice of surgery : a complete system of the science and art of surgery . Fig. 116.—Separate Pieces of the Clamp. (Parkhill.) corresponding to the outer ones, and the shorter pair to the inner. Eachwing plate is fixed to its shaft by two nuts running upon the upper thread,one above the plate and the other below, for accuracy of adjustment. Whenin position one wing plate overlies the other in each half of the instrument,. Fig. 117.—Side View of Clamp After it Had Been Applied to the Fractured Tibia. (Parkhill.) and when clamped the pair lie side by side. They are fastened together by


American practice of surgery : a complete system of the science and art of surgery . Fig. 116.—Separate Pieces of the Clamp. (Parkhill.) corresponding to the outer ones, and the shorter pair to the inner. Eachwing plate is fixed to its shaft by two nuts running upon the upper thread,one above the plate and the other below, for accuracy of adjustment. Whenin position one wing plate overlies the other in each half of the instrument,. Fig. 117.—Side View of Clamp After it Had Been Applied to the Fractured Tibia. (Parkhill.) and when clamped the pair lie side by side. They are fastened together bya steel clamp with a screw in each end. These screws and shafts are controlledby the same clock key, and the nuts by a small wrench. Any method ofresection of the bony fragments which may be found desirable in the particular 232 AMERICAN PRACTICE OF SURGERY. case may be used. The transverse is probably the most easy of executionand generally the most desirable. The periosteum may or may not be sepa-rated from the fragments. In the forearm and in the leg, if one bone is intactwhile its fellow demands operation, it should be shortened to a corresponding degree and clamped in a similar manner. Each fragment is drilled trans-


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