The body and its ailments: a handbook of familiar directions for care and medical aid in the more usual complaints and injuries . nds, of not unfrequent occurrence, require modesof dressing different from others. A peculiar and important acci-dent is a rupture of the ham-string, or, as physicians call it, the tendon of Achilles. This strongsinew is at the back of the heel,and in violent efforts at leaping,as well as by direct violence, maybe torn across. The patientmust then submit to having hisleg placed in the splint depictedin Figure 94. It usually re-Dressing Ruptured Ham-string. quireg go
The body and its ailments: a handbook of familiar directions for care and medical aid in the more usual complaints and injuries . nds, of not unfrequent occurrence, require modesof dressing different from others. A peculiar and important acci-dent is a rupture of the ham-string, or, as physicians call it, the tendon of Achilles. This strongsinew is at the back of the heel,and in violent efforts at leaping,as well as by direct violence, maybe torn across. The patientmust then submit to having hisleg placed in the splint depictedin Figure 94. It usually re-Dressing Ruptured Ham-string. quireg gome two months to unite. The method of applying the dressing has been so clearly shown bythe artist that further description is needless. Cuts, Stabs, and Thrusts. These are known as incised andpunctured wounds, and form an important class of injuries. Thetreatment is to remove all dirt, clots, and foreign matter, by thefree use of water, check the bleeding by some of the meansalready described, then bring the edges of the wound smoothlyand evenly together, and fasten them by strips of adhesive or stick-ing plaster. Fig. Cuts, Stabs and Thrusts. 245
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