A practical treatise on fractures and dislocations . Nathan R. Smiths suspending apparatus, or double inclined plane. the only American surgeons of distinguished reputation, and with whose practiceI am familiar, who have recommended exclusively the double inclined plane. Fig. Joseph C. Notts double inclined plane. In this apparatus the limb is secured to the splint by vertical pins and leather straps; theupper surface of the thigh-splint is carved out a little, to fit the thigh; the two portions arearticulated by a joint like that of a carpenters rule, and this joint may be steadied by a
A practical treatise on fractures and dislocations . Nathan R. Smiths suspending apparatus, or double inclined plane. the only American surgeons of distinguished reputation, and with whose practiceI am familiar, who have recommended exclusively the double inclined plane. Fig. Joseph C. Notts double inclined plane. In this apparatus the limb is secured to the splint by vertical pins and leather straps; theupper surface of the thigh-splint is carved out a little, to fit the thigh; the two portions arearticulated by a joint like that of a carpenters rule, and this joint may be steadied by ahorizontal bar underneath. For the rest, the drawing sufficiently explains itself. Dr. Nathan R. Smith has introduced a modification of the double-inclinedplane in what is known as his anterior splint, and which is intended also as asuspending apparatus. I saw it employed a good deal in the treatment of gun- 1 Amer. Med. Rev., Philadelphia, 1825, vol. ii. p. 355 ; also Medical and Surgical Memoirsof Nathan Smith, pp. 129-141. 2 Med. and Surg. Memoirs, pp. 143-162. See also Geddings, Baltimore Med. and , vol. i. 1833; and Sargents Minor Surgery, p. 171. 3 Trans. Amer. Med. Assoc, vol. x. p. 317. Rep. on Deform, after Frac. 392 FRACTURES OF THE FEMUR, shot fracture
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