The operating room and the patient; a manual of pre- and post-operative treatment . Fig. 105.—Removal of plaster cast. Fractures of the leg, when the patient is allowed to walk about,require heavier casts than those in which no such strain is putupon the damaged bone. In the former instance an additionalsafeguard may be furnished by the introduction of a thick rollof lambs wool on the sole of the foot held in place by additionalplaster bandages. When fenestra are required, the plastershould first be allowed thoroughly to harden. If large fenestrseare needed, the cast should be strengthened by
The operating room and the patient; a manual of pre- and post-operative treatment . Fig. 105.—Removal of plaster cast. Fractures of the leg, when the patient is allowed to walk about,require heavier casts than those in which no such strain is putupon the damaged bone. In the former instance an additionalsafeguard may be furnished by the introduction of a thick rollof lambs wool on the sole of the foot held in place by additionalplaster bandages. When fenestra are required, the plastershould first be allowed thoroughly to harden. If large fenestrseare needed, the cast should be strengthened by incorporatingin it one or more strips of soft iron, bent like a basket handle,at the site of the proposed fenestrse. The cast may be finished BANDAGING 127 in one of two ways, either one of which enhances its final bandage may have its selvage left on and is then to beapplied as a short, figure-of-8, or plaster-of-Paris paste may be. Fig. 106.—Knives for removal of plaster-of-Paris casts. rubbed in, so as to produce a smooth finish. Dry plaster mayalso be dusted on while the cast is still moist. Removal.—After the cast has hardened it may be cut downat the line at which the adhesive plaster was placed (Fig. 105)
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