The American family physician : or, Domestic guide to health : for the use of physicians, families, plantations, ships, travelers, etc. . andthereby causing unnecessaryHurdle to carry a person with a Fractured Limb. pain. In removin0 him up- on the board or shutter, &c., no more persons should assist than are suffi-cient to raise him gently and quickly, act together, and not interfere witheach other. As to the position in which the patient may be placed, he willgenerally find out for himself which is the easiest, unless he be drunk orinsensible; on no account should the injured limb be permitt
The American family physician : or, Domestic guide to health : for the use of physicians, families, plantations, ships, travelers, etc. . andthereby causing unnecessaryHurdle to carry a person with a Fractured Limb. pain. In removin0 him up- on the board or shutter, &c., no more persons should assist than are suffi-cient to raise him gently and quickly, act together, and not interfere witheach other. As to the position in which the patient may be placed, he willgenerally find out for himself which is the easiest, unless he be drunk orinsensible; on no account should the injured limb be permitted to hangdown, dangling or rolling about, but should be supported by pads of straw,leaves, &c, to steady it, and prevent it from moving. In all cases of fracture the attendance of an experienced physician is neces-sary; but it sometimes happens on shipboard, in newly-settled districts, &c,not only that no physician is at hand, but often that one cannot be procuredfor days or weeks. Therefore, in such cases, when the patient has arrived athis dwelling-place, or bed, it will be well for some intelligent person to insti-. FRACTURES. 557 tute an examination to ascertain if a bone be fractured. The thumb or fingerpassed along the course of the bone will generally detect the fracture, bythe sensation of roughness or unevenness communicated, or, a depression ofone part of the bone and an elevation of the other will be found; on rotatingor moving the fractured part of the limb, a grating noise called crepitus willbe heard, with a grating sensation or a jar imparted to the feeling; therewill be an inability to move or raise the limb, and which will generally beshorter than its fellow. Having ascertained that a fracture exists, there are three things to accom-plish, 1st, to replace or reduce the pieces of bone into their natural situa-tion, with their fractured ends in perfect contact; 2d, to secure and keepthem in this state; and 3d, to prevent and relieve any unpleasant symptomsthat m
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