The treatment of fractures . Fig. 499.—Fracture of the fibula lowdown without fracture of the tibia (X-raytracing).. Fig. 500.—Oblique fracture of bothbones of the leg low down. Fracturedifficult to hold in good position (Massa-chusetts General Hospital, 1024. X-raytracing). seat of fracture. These should be evacuated after the part hasbeen rendered surgically clean by washing with soap and waterand corrosive sublimate solution, and then dressed with a dryantiseptic powder, powdered aristol. Infection maytake place through blebs. Very great care should be exercisedin their treatmen
The treatment of fractures . Fig. 499.—Fracture of the fibula lowdown without fracture of the tibia (X-raytracing).. Fig. 500.—Oblique fracture of bothbones of the leg low down. Fracturedifficult to hold in good position (Massa-chusetts General Hospital, 1024. X-raytracing). seat of fracture. These should be evacuated after the part hasbeen rendered surgically clean by washing with soap and waterand corrosive sublimate solution, and then dressed with a dryantiseptic powder, powdered aristol. Infection maytake place through blebs. Very great care should be exercisedin their treatment. Obviously, it is unwise immediately to applya plaster-of-Paris splint to cases in which there are many blebsand much swelling. The swelling of the leg may become so greatthat the life of the limb may be at stake, the danger from im-pending gangrene becoming imminent. In such cases the skin TREATMENT 35 5 of the leg becomes tense and shiny, the leg feels hard and board-like, pain may be extreme, and the toes and foot become slightlyblue. The hemorrhage, being confined beneath the fascia andskin, causes pres
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