. Modern surgery, general and operative. ^ Fig. 486.—Hamiltons improved Fig. 487.—Brainards drills with Wveths adjustable handles. contact. vSome surgeons unite the fragments with kangaroo-tendon instead ofwire (suturing of bone); others use nails of bone or ivory; others use asserted that the above methods will not hold fragments in contact if thesefragments have a tendency to become displaced. Senn fastened the bonestogether by hollow cylinders of decalcified bone or ivory, the cylinders being per-forated in many places (bone-ferrules). I regard the silver p^ate of


. Modern surgery, general and operative. ^ Fig. 486.—Hamiltons improved Fig. 487.—Brainards drills with Wveths adjustable handles. contact. vSome surgeons unite the fragments with kangaroo-tendon instead ofwire (suturing of bone); others use nails of bone or ivory; others use asserted that the above methods will not hold fragments in contact if thesefragments have a tendency to become displaced. Senn fastened the bonestogether by hollow cylinders of decalcified bone or ivory, the cylinders being per-forated in many places (bone-ferrules). I regard the silver p^ate of Halstedand steel plate of Lane as the most satisfactory appliances in use for Operation.—Albee has emphasized the true principle. Fixationalone is seldom successful. The osteogenetic power is impaired in theseinjuries. Plates will fix the fragments but will not stimulate bone can be done by a bone-graft. The graft is cut from sound bone endsor from another bone on the same individual. When fixed in place a graftholds the fragments like a plate,


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