. The hydropathic family physician : a ready prescriber and hygienic adviser with reference to the nature, causes, prevention, and treatment of diseases, accidents, and casualties of every kind . hortened, and helpless, and by the crepitus which is easily treating it, four splints about three finger breadths wide, with pads,are necessary. The pads should be a little wider and longer than thesplints, so that they may extend over the end to be tacked fast. Afterthe first swelling has passed off, the fracture is reduced by drawing theelbow downward while the shoulder is supported. After t
. The hydropathic family physician : a ready prescriber and hygienic adviser with reference to the nature, causes, prevention, and treatment of diseases, accidents, and casualties of every kind . hortened, and helpless, and by the crepitus which is easily treating it, four splints about three finger breadths wide, with pads,are necessary. The pads should be a little wider and longer than thesplints, so that they may extend over the end to be tacked fast. Afterthe first swelling has passed off, the fracture is reduced by drawing theelbow downward while the shoulder is supported. After this, thewhole limb is to be rather loosely bandaged j a padded splint, longenough to reach from the armpit to the knuckle of the elbow, is thenapplied, together with the three other splints on the different sidesof the limb. These are kept in place by a bandage, or. what is cooler,tapes or straps. (See fig. 171.) It is important, also, to keep theelbow close to the body, and the hand in a sling. The apparatus mustbe contiued four or five weeks. In fractures of the forearm, radius, and ulna, if both hones arebroken (see fig. 172), it is easy to distinguish the injury; but if only Fig. Fig. 174.
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