. The principles and practice of modern surgery . e, to make traction uj)on it and to secure it to the sj)lint, andthree or four shorter tajies should be sewed to each free niargin,to tie the gaiter upon the anterior part of the fiiot. Previous toits application, the ankle should be bathed with whiskey, or soap-rniiment, or spirits of camphor, and envelo|;ed smoothly in apad of soft carded cotton ; then the gaiter should be fitted nicely1(1 the l)art, and tied. The following plan may be pursued inarriingiiig and applying this apparatus, or that of Desaull: placeu|)()ii tiie niattraNS, and in a
. The principles and practice of modern surgery . e, to make traction uj)on it and to secure it to the sj)lint, andthree or four shorter tajies should be sewed to each free niargin,to tie the gaiter upon the anterior part of the fiiot. Previous toits application, the ankle should be bathed with whiskey, or soap-rniiment, or spirits of camphor, and envelo|;ed smoothly in apad of soft carded cotton ; then the gaiter should be fitted nicely1(1 the l)art, and tied. The following plan may be pursued inarriingiiig and applying this apparatus, or that of Desaull: placeu|)()ii tiie niattraNS, and in a position to correspond with tlie frac-tured limb, the splint-cloth—a piece of muslin about two yardslong, and as wide as the length ol the inner splint,—and uponthis arrange the strips of a bandage of Sciiltetiis ; then lay thepatient carefidly upon the , so that the broken \\w^\i,previously of clothing, shall repose upon the strips and the splint-clofji; next pass the perineal band under the bullock, and tie the gailcr ^. FRACTURES OF THE FEMUR. 251 around the ankle, as before directed ; thelimb being carefully steadied by an assist-ant, roll the splints in the cloth, com-mencing at the margins, leaving onlyspace enough between each side of thelimb and the corresponding splint, thusenveloped, to admit of the presence ofthe junk-bag,—the long pad before spokenof. (The proper rolling up of the splintsrequires some time and trouble—theyshould be tightly wrapped, so that whenpressure is used laterally upon the limb, they may not slip, and thus leavea larger space between them and the leg than is compatible with the ac-complishment of one of the objects for which they are employed, viz., theexercise of an equable and firm compression upon the limb, by the aid ofthe junk-bags.) The splints being thus prepared for use, extension andcounter-extension should be made by assistants, the one grasping the footand ankle, and the other fixing the pelvis—by one h
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