A practical treatise on fractures and dislocations . have used it for nearly twenty years,and it has generally answered the purpose most admirably in myhands. It consists simply of a box for the thigh and leg, with a foot-piece and two crutches, one for the axilla and the other for the peri-neum, to make the requisite extension and counter-extension. Withsuch an apparatus, an oblique fracture of the thigh can be treated withgreat comfort to the patient, and with the assurance of a good children, I have effected some excellent cures simply by means ofa sole-leather trough, well padded,
A practical treatise on fractures and dislocations . have used it for nearly twenty years,and it has generally answered the purpose most admirably in myhands. It consists simply of a box for the thigh and leg, with a foot-piece and two crutches, one for the axilla and the other for the peri-neum, to make the requisite extension and counter-extension. Withsuch an apparatus, an oblique fracture of the thigh can be treated withgreat comfort to the patient, and with the assurance of a good children, I have effected some excellent cures simply by means ofa sole-leather trough, well padded, and provided with a foot piece. 1 Amer. Journ. Med. Sci., 1865; also, Mechanical Therapeutics, etc., by PhilipS. Wales, , , 1867. 2 Hodgen, Treatise on Mil. Surg., by F. H. Hamilton, 1865, p. 411. 404. FRACTURES OF THE FEMUR. The great objection to the flexed position is the difficulty of keep-ing the ends of the broken bones in apposition ; the upper one havinga constant tendency to pass away from the inferior. Other objections Fig. John Neills Straight Thigh-Splint.—Extension and counter-extension made at the same time. might be urged against the flexed position, but this is quite sufficientto induce me to reject Fig. 147. Fie. 148.
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