The practice of surgery . 1^. . - Iraftun- of tin- in-ck of tli<. mtdihI iiiciacaijial. .Mi-i!,(.ii (,\ M-cuiingextension. Xote adhesive plaster, rubber tubing, peg, padding to tinger, pad overproximal fragment. Coimterextension by adhesive plaster about wrist. Ready forthe application of a bandage (Scudder). the fracture may well be mistaken for a dislocation at this joint. Some-times the fracture through the bone is transverse mereh and does notopen the joint. For such a simple case any immobilizing apparatuswill sufhce. Samuel Robinson describes a useful device for correcting. Fig.
The practice of surgery . 1^. . - Iraftun- of tin- in-ck of tli<. mtdihI iiiciacaijial. .Mi-i!,(.ii (,\ M-cuiingextension. Xote adhesive plaster, rubber tubing, peg, padding to tinger, pad overproximal fragment. Coimterextension by adhesive plaster about wrist. Ready forthe application of a bandage (Scudder). the fracture may well be mistaken for a dislocation at this joint. Some-times the fracture through the bone is transverse mereh and does notopen the joint. For such a simple case any immobilizing apparatuswill sufhce. Samuel Robinson describes a useful device for correcting. Fig. 501.—Fracture of the finger. Fig. 592.—Finger sphnt of copper Wooden splint apphed to the palmar sur- wire applied (Scudder)face. Note straps and length of splint(Scudder). and holding the worst form of the Bennett fracture—an apparatus ofplaster of Paris, combined with extension and side splints. Theapparatus should remain in place for about two weeks. ^Samuel Robinson. The Bennett Fracture of the First Metacarpal Bone. Diag-nosis and Treatment, Boston Med. and Surg. Jour., February, 27. 1908 SPECIAL FllACTUHES AND THEIR TREATMENT 895 Phalanges Fracture of the phalanges is so apparent that it scarcely needsdesciiption; though occasionally the fracture may be a mere crack,when the a--ray alone can demonstrate it. Ordinarily, however, thebones, lying close under the skin, may easily be palpated. In the treatment of these phalanx fractures one must take every painsto see that the delicate and important mechanism of the fingers be notseriously disturbed. A perfect alignment of
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