The body and its ailments: a handbook of familiar directions for care and medical aid in the more usual complaints and injuries . reveals the trouble. The general rules for treating a person with dislocation are, toconvey them promptly to their homes, give some aromatic spiritsof ammonia, or spirits, if there is much shock, place them in themost comfortable position, and then proceed, with due deliberation,to the setting or reduction of the bone. There is no hurry aboutthis, and a day or twos delay, if the Fig. 77. joint is protected and irrigated bycold water, is often more of a benefitthan o
The body and its ailments: a handbook of familiar directions for care and medical aid in the more usual complaints and injuries . reveals the trouble. The general rules for treating a person with dislocation are, toconvey them promptly to their homes, give some aromatic spiritsof ammonia, or spirits, if there is much shock, place them in themost comfortable position, and then proceed, with due deliberation,to the setting or reduction of the bone. There is no hurry aboutthis, and a day or twos delay, if the Fig. 77. joint is protected and irrigated bycold water, is often more of a benefitthan otherwise. Hence, if by suchdelay experienced help can be sum-moned, it should be sent for. Whenthis help cannot be obtained, carefulobservance of the following methods,applicable to the more common dis-locations, will be in order. Dislocation of the Jaw. The re-duction or replacing of a dislocatedjaw, either on one or both sides, is veryeasily managed. The patient being Reducing a Jaw out of Joint,seated on the floor, and his head resting against the operatorsknees, who stands behind him, a couple of fork handles, or two19. 218 Accidents, Injuries and Poisons. Fig. 78. pieces of hard wood, about the same size, are to be passed into themouth, one at each corner, and to be pressed back as far as theywill go, between the back teeth on each side, and there held byanother person. The operator then, bending over the patient, andpassing his own fingers between one another so as to make a loopof both hands, places them under the chin, and pulls it up so asto close the mouth. As this is doing, the joint-ends of the jaw-bone are made to descend, and as soon as they reach the edge oftheir sockets, are pulled into place, and the dislocation is must be taken that the pulling up of the chin be made level,and that the forkhandles both retain their place. Dislocation of the Collar-Bone. This is a troublesome andrather common accident. The head of the bone forms a protrusionover th
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