Minor surgery, or, Hints on the every-day duties of the surgeon . sition of the cravat, whilst the summit,being fixed at the elbow,keeps the arm more closelyto the side of the body. ANTE-BRACHIAL TROUGH. Composition. — The trough mav be eitherconstructed of leather or pasteboard,which lattermay be covered with some appropriate materialwith the view of preserving its form, and even giv-ing it a sort of embellishment; and may be eitherstraight, that is to say, open at the level of theelbow, or, as represented in the wood-cut, termi-nating there in a cul-de-sac : — a long riband orcord is require
Minor surgery, or, Hints on the every-day duties of the surgeon . sition of the cravat, whilst the summit,being fixed at the elbow,keeps the arm more closelyto the side of the body. ANTE-BRACHIAL TROUGH. Composition. — The trough mav be eitherconstructed of leather or pasteboard,which lattermay be covered with some appropriate materialwith the view of preserving its form, and even giv-ing it a sort of embellishment; and may be eitherstraight, that is to say, open at the level of theelbow, or, as represented in the wood-cut, termi-nating there in a cul-de-sac : — a long riband orcord is required to serve for its suspension, andconstitute two collateral bows, to which the authorapplies the term of arc-loops ;—lastly, a — Thecravat is arranged so asto constitute a CervicalCravat. Four holesbeing previously boredthrough the trough,at convenient distancesapart, near its borders,the cord is then runthrough in order to formthe arc-loops, which, intheir passage, should bemade either to glide through the Cervical Cravat, Fig. 148 MINOR SURGERY or, what is better, through a ring, as representedin the wood-cut, which serves to connect them, andallows of a free play of the loops, from which thepatient will derive no small convenience. Whenthe apparatus is thus prepared, nothing remainsto be done but to introduce therein the patientsforearm, which has been, if fractured, previously-furnished with its bandage. Observations.—This apparatus maybe wornenclosed in the patients ordinary dress, so asnot to give the appearance of the arm beingsubjected to confinement. If, however, it be re-quired to preserve the elbow fixed against thetrunk, a riband may be made to pass througha couple of holes perforated in the internal por-tion of the trough, or that which correspondsto the body, and to embrace the trunk as abelt or body-bandage. If it be necessary to givesupport to the hand or wrist, a thin, flat piece ofwood may be laid at the bottom of the trough
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