. Commentaries on the surgery of the war in Portugal, Spain, France, and the Netherlands, from the battle of Roliça, in 1808, to that of Waterloo, in 1815; with additions relating to those in the Crimea in 1854-55, showing the improvements made during and since that period in the great art and science of surgery on all the subjects to which they relate. Revised to October, 1855. y a bar of iron of equalthickness. This is placed on a board a little wider thanitself, with a ledge or bar at each side to prevent the cradlefrom moving, aided by two buttons or little pieces of woodon each side, whic
. Commentaries on the surgery of the war in Portugal, Spain, France, and the Netherlands, from the battle of Roliça, in 1808, to that of Waterloo, in 1815; with additions relating to those in the Crimea in 1854-55, showing the improvements made during and since that period in the great art and science of surgery on all the subjects to which they relate. Revised to October, 1855. y a bar of iron of equalthickness. This is placed on a board a little wider thanitself, with a ledge or bar at each side to prevent the cradlefrom moving, aided by two buttons or little pieces of woodon each side, which, being movable, turn over the iron bars,and thus render the board and cradle one firm piece. Inthis the leg is to be slung, to the center bar above, by ordi-nary tapes. A splint made of copper, to prevent rust orinjury, hollowed to receive the leg, extending beyond the MR. Lukes cradle for the thigh and leg. 155 foot with a footboard, and beyond the condyles of the femurabove, enables the tapes to be passed under the limb forslinging it; while from the extension of the splint beyondthe condyles, it causes the leg and thigh to move together,in a manner which will often prevent the pain which followsa sudden motion of the patient. Solid wooden side splintsare still wanting, and these should have holes cut in themto allow a vent for the discharge and for the apphcation of. dressings ; or if a portion of the splint, say the middle, shouldrequire removal altogether for this purpose, the upper andlower parts may be united by a semicircular bar of iron, atthe pleasure of the surgeon; within this the dressings maybe applied, and by it the splint will be rendered firm.*When the leg is thus slung, the knee will be somewhat bent,the thigh raised, the muscles of the leg behind relaxed, andthe patient can be moved with much greater facility thanwith any other apparatus; one great advantage of this ap-paratus is, that it can be used with effect even if the patientbe obliged to lie on the
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