. Minor and operative surgery, including bandaging . ite firm in six weeks, but for at least eight weeks thepatient should not be allowed to put his weight upon thelimb in walking. If the patient is restless, and finds his position with thefracture-box resting upon the bed irksome, the fracture- FRACTURES OF THE BOXES OF THE LEG. 405 box mav be swung from a frame fastened over the bed(Fig. 299). The application of a plaster-of-Paris dressing as aprimary dressing—the ordinary plaster-of-Paris bandageor the Bavarian dressing being applied—in fractures ofthe bones of the leg is adopted by some su
. Minor and operative surgery, including bandaging . ite firm in six weeks, but for at least eight weeks thepatient should not be allowed to put his weight upon thelimb in walking. If the patient is restless, and finds his position with thefracture-box resting upon the bed irksome, the fracture- FRACTURES OF THE BOXES OF THE LEG. 405 box mav be swung from a frame fastened over the bed(Fig. 299). The application of a plaster-of-Paris dressing as aprimary dressing—the ordinary plaster-of-Paris bandageor the Bavarian dressing being applied—in fractures ofthe bones of the leg is adopted by some surgeons, and, ifemployed, the case should be under constant observationfor a few days, so that the dressing can be removed if adangerous amount of swelling takes place. Mouldedsplints of felt or pasteboard are also sometimes applied inthe treatment of these cases (Fig. 300). This fracture may also be treated with Volkmannssplint (Fig. 301), for one or two weeks, until the swell-ing has subsided, and then by a plaster-of-Paris dressing. Fig. Volkmanns splint. In patients suffering with delirium tremens, or in mani-acal patients, the use of a fracture-box in the treatmentof fractures of the bones of the leg is often not satisfac-tory, on account of the difficulty in restraining the move-ments of the patient and the consequent displacement ofthe fragments. In such cases it is well to applv a fewstrips of binders board, well padded with cotton, to thelimb, extending above and below the seat of the fracture, 406 FRACTURES. holding them in place by a few turns of a roller, and thento wrap the limb and foot in a soft pillow, and hold thisin place by the turns of a roller-bandage applied withmoderate firmness. This dressing allows the patient tomove the limb without serious disturbance of the frag-ments, and, after the patient recovers from his attack, theleg may be placed in the fracture-box or in a plaster-of-Paris dressing. In fractures of the bones of the leg in young chil
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