. A practical treatise on fractures and dislocations. Potts fracture; same case as in Figs. 326 and 327 ; showing result of operation. the external malleolus, pass over the dorsum of the foot to the innerside, under the sole, and up along the outer side of the leg to the sameheight. They are snugly molded and bound to the limb while stillwet with a roller-bandage, which may be removed after the plaster FRACTURES OF THE BONES OF THE LEG. 451 has set, its place being taken by a few turns of a bandage just abovethe ankle and at the upper end of the splint. While the plaster issetting reduction mu
. A practical treatise on fractures and dislocations. Potts fracture; same case as in Figs. 326 and 327 ; showing result of operation. the external malleolus, pass over the dorsum of the foot to the innerside, under the sole, and up along the outer side of the leg to the sameheight. They are snugly molded and bound to the limb while stillwet with a roller-bandage, which may be removed after the plaster FRACTURES OF THE BONES OF THE LEG. 451 has set, its place being taken by a few turns of a bandage just abovethe ankle and at the upper end of the splint. While the plaster issetting reduction must be maintained by an assistant, or by resting theheel on a sand-bag with the limb in outward rotation, so that the footwill be pressed forward and inward. I have sometimes placed thelateral splint on the inner side. Such a splint may be conveniently and safely applied immediatelyafter the accident, for if strangulation should threaten the circularbandages can be loosened sufficiently to relieve the constriction withoutdisturbing the position of th
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