The surgeon's handbook on the treatment of wounded in war : a prize essay . e author has pro-posed to make use of uihe extension by elastic rings, which can bemade in the following manner. To fasten the small board, used forextension, to the sole of the foot, in default of Crosbys strapping, twomoist bandages can be used, each of which is double the length of thewhole limb: and in the middle of these bandages a small slit is cut,through which is put the ring of the small foot-board. Thus fourfree ends are attached to the small board, of which two in front andtwo behind are wound in spiral turn
The surgeon's handbook on the treatment of wounded in war : a prize essay . e author has pro-posed to make use of uihe extension by elastic rings, which can bemade in the following manner. To fasten the small board, used forextension, to the sole of the foot, in default of Crosbys strapping, twomoist bandages can be used, each of which is double the length of thewhole limb: and in the middle of these bandages a small slit is cut,through which is put the ring of the small foot-board. Thus fourfree ends are attached to the small board, of which two in front andtwo behind are wound in spiral turns round the limb (fig. 227). Ifthe entire limb is carefully covered with a dry bandage, as far asthe seat of fracture, considerable traction on the foot-board can beexercised for weeks, without the bandages slipping. If there is somestarch or flour at hand, the fastening can be made more secure by beingsmeared with either of these materials. For the elastic extension either the india-rubber rings, whichare commonly sold, are used, or in default of these, pieces of india-. Fastening the small extension board by moist strips of bandage. rubber tubing, in the ends of which are tied wooden knobs, each pro-vided with a hook (fig. 228 and 229). Fig. 228. Knob and hook for india-rubber 229. India-rubber tube with knobs and hooks for elastic extension. For the transport of the wounded, the elastic rings can be fastenedto the upper and lower end of the stretcher (fig. 230); and as a counter-Fig- 230.
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