The practice of surgery : embracing minor surgery and the application of dressings, etc., etc., etc. . arm and fore-arm are approximated to, and carried across thechest. To these are added the other signs common to luxation ofthis joint. Treatment of dislocations consists in restoring the articular sur-. faces to their natural positions, and retaining them there for a means necessary fo accomplish these objects are various. 216 DISLOCATION OF THE HUMERUS. When the muscles are powerful, it may be necessary to relaxthem by constitutional means; as bleeding to syncope, the use oftartar e
The practice of surgery : embracing minor surgery and the application of dressings, etc., etc., etc. . arm and fore-arm are approximated to, and carried across thechest. To these are added the other signs common to luxation ofthis joint. Treatment of dislocations consists in restoring the articular sur-. faces to their natural positions, and retaining them there for a means necessary fo accomplish these objects are various. 216 DISLOCATION OF THE HUMERUS. When the muscles are powerful, it may be necessary to relaxthem by constitutional means; as bleeding to syncope, the use oftartar emetic, tobacco, or any other proper means tending to relaxthe muscles. The reduction of dislocation downwards is effected by puttingthe patient on his back. A ball is placed in the axilla, betweenthe pectoralis major and latissimus dorsi muscles; the surgeonsheel is placed upon the ball, whilst he seizes hold of the wrist, and,by gradual and steady force, pushes the head of the bone into theglenoid cavity. If this power do not prove sufficient, a wet rollershould be passed round the arm, above the elbow, and an extend-ing band tied over it; this the surgeon either passes around hisown shoulders, or allows several men to draw steadily upon ituntil the deformity is removed. If the foregoing means f
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