. Minor and operative surgery, including bandaging . ing to the wound, Iusually apply moulded binders board splints to either side ofthe leg, including the foot, and place the leg in a fracture-boxfor additional security. In a week or ten days I discard thebinders board splints and apply a plaster-of-Paris dressing. A method of dressing compound fractures which has 414 FRACTURES. been introduced by Mr. Treves consists in rendering theskin in the region of the wound aseptic and removing anyforeign bodies from the wound, then rendering it as faras possible aseptic; powdered iodoform is then dust
. Minor and operative surgery, including bandaging . ing to the wound, Iusually apply moulded binders board splints to either side ofthe leg, including the foot, and place the leg in a fracture-boxfor additional security. In a week or ten days I discard thebinders board splints and apply a plaster-of-Paris dressing. A method of dressing compound fractures which has 414 FRACTURES. been introduced by Mr. Treves consists in rendering theskin in the region of the wound aseptic and removing anyforeign bodies from the wound, then rendering it as faras possible aseptic; powdered iodoform is then dustedthickly over the wound at intervals, and, mixing with theblood and serum from the wound, is allowed to dry, form-ing an antiseptic scab, the wound being exposed to the air,and the fragments are retained in position by splints or bya fracture-box. UNUNITED FRACTURE. This condition usually arises from local causes, suchas imperfect coaptation of the fragments, the interpo-sition of muscular tissue, fascia, a tendon, or nerve, or Fig. 304. Fig.
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