Excision of the knee joint with report of twenty-eight cases . the foot; at the lower end of theside splints a foot-board is let in, which serves to support the footat a comfortable angle to the leg. The sides of this box arehinged, so as to permit of their being let down when the dressingsrequire to be changed, and the splint is supplied with hair cushionsfitted to its full length, those near the wound being covered withoil silk. In addition to the box already described, a broad splint,well padded, is placed over the front of the limb extending frombelow Pouparts ligament to the middle third
Excision of the knee joint with report of twenty-eight cases . the foot; at the lower end of theside splints a foot-board is let in, which serves to support the footat a comfortable angle to the leg. The sides of this box arehinged, so as to permit of their being let down when the dressingsrequire to be changed, and the splint is supplied with hair cushionsfitted to its full length, those near the wound being covered withoil silk. In addition to the box already described, a broad splint,well padded, is placed over the front of the limb extending frombelow Pouparts ligament to the middle third of the leg. Aftercareful adjustment this apparatus is retained in position by broadelastic straps. The splint in front of the leg is intended tocounteract the tendency of the femur to be displaced outer part of the splint passes up as high as the axilla, andis retained in position by a wide belt which encircles the portion of the apparatus is intended to insure a straight posi-tion of the limb. The splint used by Sir. William Fergusson. Pig. 7.—Splint used by Sir William Fergusson. and figured in his work on surgery, is an improvement on the ordi-nary Mclntyre splint, to which is attached by brackets on theouter side a long side splint. This splint was designed by the lateMr. Price. Langenbeck employed an immovable plaster-of-Parisapparatus. All the splints recommended are much on theprinciple of the box, but none of them fulfil all that the surgeonis desirous of securing. In ordinary cases, no doubt, any of themwill answer the purpose, and there is no question of the fact thatin the hands of those who have used them they have been ofgreat value and have yielded excellent results. 32 EXCISION OF THE KNEE JOINT. A point of great importance to the surgeon in these cases is theemYjloyment of the antiseptic method of treating wounds. Nowin using the term antiseptic method I desire it to be understoodthat, practically, I make use of the method as given to us
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