Surgical treatment; a practical treatise on the therapy of surgical diseases for the use of practitioners and students of surgery . d below andleft in the jacket. It is possible to so place the muslin of the hammock underthe shirt that it can be pulled out and removed. It is a good plan to placea strip of linen about 5 cm. (2 inches) wide under the shirt, back and front,and a little more than twice the length of the jacket. The two ends of eachstrip are sewed together, their purpose being to give cleansing friction to theskin. The upper end of the shirt or a separate collar should fit snuglyar
Surgical treatment; a practical treatise on the therapy of surgical diseases for the use of practitioners and students of surgery . d below andleft in the jacket. It is possible to so place the muslin of the hammock underthe shirt that it can be pulled out and removed. It is a good plan to placea strip of linen about 5 cm. (2 inches) wide under the shirt, back and front,and a little more than twice the length of the jacket. The two ends of eachstrip are sewed together, their purpose being to give cleansing friction to theskin. The upper end of the shirt or a separate collar should fit snuglyaround the neck to prevent crumbs dropping under the jacket. A nicecoveringfor the jacket is secured by having the tricot lining long enough to THE SPINE 331 be doubled up over the outside and sewed end-to-end after the jacket is health of the skin is most important. When the skin becomes broken,the discharge of the sore has a peculiar odor, which should call for removalof the jacket. Jacket Applied with Patient Lying on the Back.—The preliminarydressing should be the same as above. The head and shoulders may rest on. Fig. 1026. -Frame for Applying Plaster Jacket with Patient in RecumbentPosition. one support and the buttocks on another (Fig. 1026). Support of the spinemay be secured by passing a piece of canvas about 13 cm. (5 inches) wide and150 cm. (60 inches) long, under the back. This should be well padded andsupport the kyphosis. It is attached to a spreader about 75 cm. (30 inches)long, which is supported by a rope passing over a pulley. Sufficient ele-vation is made to give the desired correction and the plaster is applied over thecanvas which emerges at the sides. When the plaster has hardened the
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