. Medical and surgical report. Fig. 5.—Supracondylar attachment of nail extension. Note wire iastened to ends of crossed limbs of Fig. 6.—Note traction wire in line with axis of thigh; also suspe. sion of outer end ofnail to prevent eversion (rotary displacement). of either limb which most readily falls in alignment. The ends of a shortpiece of wire are fastened through the outermost holes of the crossed limbsof the tongs (Fig. 5). At the center of this wire is attached the maintraction wire or rope leading over a pulley at the foot of the bed down to LONG BONE FRACTURES 185

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