. The principles and practice of surgery. Thigh Splint for Children. In addition to the quietude which this plan insures, it will be foundthat it furnishes a kind of movable fracture bed in which the littlepatient can be carried securely from one place to another. Pig. The same applied. In the case of female infants it is well to have the splints spread alittle at the bottom, so as to separate the thighs slightly. Treatment of Compound Fractures of the Thigh, includingGunshot Fractures.—While many excellent surgeons, who employthe straight position in other fractures of the femur, prefer
. The principles and practice of surgery. Thigh Splint for Children. In addition to the quietude which this plan insures, it will be foundthat it furnishes a kind of movable fracture bed in which the littlepatient can be carried securely from one place to another. Pig. The same applied. In the case of female infants it is well to have the splints spread alittle at the bottom, so as to separate the thighs slightly. Treatment of Compound Fractures of the Thigh, includingGunshot Fractures.—While many excellent surgeons, who employthe straight position in other fractures of the femur, prefer to adoptthe flexed position in gunshot and in all compound fractures of thisbone, my experience leads me to give the preference here also to thestraight position; and, moreover, while most surgeons have thoughtproper to reject extension altogether in this class of fractures, it hasproved in my hands one of the most reliable means of securing restand comfort to the patient, by preventing the contraction of the musclesand consequent goading of the inflamed tissues by the fragments ofbone : it has secured to the patients longer limbs, and union with lesslateral deformity. COMPOUND FRACTURES OF THE FEMUR. 303 Indeed, inasmuch as we cannot usually employ lateral suppor
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