Michigan medical news . oided. The method now about to be•described overcomes this drawback in the most complete manner. manner the entire extremity was suspended in a ver-tical position. The weight—a sand bag—was justsuch that the nates, by very slight assistance fromthe hand, could be made to swing clear ; for thispurpose about four pounds were required. (Fig. 1.) The child did not manifest the slightest sign ofuneasiness during the whole procedure, nor did theunaccustomed position cause him the slightest apparent discomfort during the entire treatment. Hewas always cheerful and
Michigan medical news . oided. The method now about to be•described overcomes this drawback in the most complete manner. manner the entire extremity was suspended in a ver-tical position. The weight—a sand bag—was justsuch that the nates, by very slight assistance fromthe hand, could be made to swing clear ; for thispurpose about four pounds were required. (Fig. 1.) The child did not manifest the slightest sign ofuneasiness during the whole procedure, nor did theunaccustomed position cause him the slightest apparent discomfort during the entire treatment. Hewas always cheerful and inclined to play. I allowed the apparatus to remain in place fullyfour weeks. The bed-pan could be easily placed inposition when needed, without interrupting suspen-sion ; it was also easy to clean the child when he had soiled himself—which he did very frequently and the bandage remained clean during the entirecourse of treatment, A sufficient callous developedearly and became firm at the end of the third week,. FIG. J. August Kiinzer, a vigorous, healthy child, agedtwo years and seven months, was brought into thetiospital with a fracture of the left thigh, receivedby a fall on the stairs. The point of fracture wasbetween the middle and upper third. On the fol-lowing day a dressing was applied, composed of theadhesive plaster and flannel roller generally used forhorizontal extension, the pulley-frame was sofastened above the bed that the pulley came di-rectly over the pelvis of the patient, and in this and my allowing the dressing to remain in place aweek longer may be considered an unnecessary pre-caution on my part. I removed them on June 23d,and found the result satisfactory in every particular;the recovery was perfect and without any deformity,and the patient was dismissed shortly after. The patient did not remain absolutely quiet, espe-cially during the last week : I frequently found himsitting upright in bed—the body parallel to the sus-pened leg. At the first
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