Minor surgery, or, Hints on the every-day duties of the surgeon . rsal articu-lation, when both ends are car-ried off perpendicularly fromthe foot and fastened to thesplint, the pressure comingdirectly on the instep and pointof the heel, as seen in the ulceration on the frontof the ankle-joint, or on theheel, has been produced bythe use of the ordinary means,this will be found to avoidthe sore points, and yet keep up a permanent ex-tension. We have now given an account of the mannerin which Mr. Mayor employs the handkerchiefas a substitute for the ordinary roller; and in orderto pres
Minor surgery, or, Hints on the every-day duties of the surgeon . rsal articu-lation, when both ends are car-ried off perpendicularly fromthe foot and fastened to thesplint, the pressure comingdirectly on the instep and pointof the heel, as seen in the ulceration on the frontof the ankle-joint, or on theheel, has been produced bythe use of the ordinary means,this will be found to avoidthe sore points, and yet keep up a permanent ex-tension. We have now given an account of the mannerin which Mr. Mayor employs the handkerchiefas a substitute for the ordinary roller; and in orderto preserve the continuity of his ideas, will hereoffer (what might perhaps with greater proprietycome under another head) some of his remarks onthe Hyponarthecia, or peculiar means of treatingfractures, including a detailed account of his cli-nical frame, our wish being to offer as great avariety as possible of the means of treating surgicalinjuries, believing that each one will take fromthem what may be most desirable. In 1S12 Mr. Sauter published, at Constance, a14. 158 MINOR SURGERY. work entitled Instructions for treating safely,commodiously, and without splints, fractures ofthe extremities, particularly the complicated onesand those of the neck of the femur, by a methodnew, easy, simple, and economical.^ This work,published in German, was somewhat voluminous;and in order to render the subject matter moreintelligible, M. Mayor translated freely whateverappeared to be the most prominent features ofthis novel invention, and published them in thework from which we have taken his system. Per-ceiving fully the advantages that might be deri-vable from the new system, he adopted it exclu-sively, and having submitted it to the test of four-teen years experience and observation both in theHospital of Lausanne and in his private practicein the Canton, which was very extensive, he pub-lished, under the title of Me4moire sur V Hyponar-thbcie the various modifications he had deemednecessary,
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