A practical treatise on fractures and dislocations . Palmers modification of the anterior splint. FKACTUKES OF THE SHAFT OF THE FEMUR. 403 The modification of Smiths anterior splint suggested by Dr. JamesPalmer, United States Navy, will be sufficiently explained by theaccompanying wood-cut,1 Fig. 144. Dr. J. S. Hodgen, of St. Louis, Mo., has invented a wire suspensionsplint, which I much prefer to Smiths. The bars of wire are traversedwith a cotton sacking, upon which the limb is laid. He does not,however, advocate its general use, but he has designed it especiallyfor gunshot Fig.
A practical treatise on fractures and dislocations . Palmers modification of the anterior splint. FKACTUKES OF THE SHAFT OF THE FEMUR. 403 The modification of Smiths anterior splint suggested by Dr. JamesPalmer, United States Navy, will be sufficiently explained by theaccompanying wood-cut,1 Fig. 144. Dr. J. S. Hodgen, of St. Louis, Mo., has invented a wire suspensionsplint, which I much prefer to Smiths. The bars of wire are traversedwith a cotton sacking, upon which the limb is laid. He does not,however, advocate its general use, but he has designed it especiallyfor gunshot Fig. Hodgens suspension apparatus. On the other hand, among the advocates of the straight positionare found the names of Physick, Dorsey, Gibson, Horner, J. Harts-horne, H. H. Smith, Neill, E. Coates, H. Hartshorne, Norris, Gross. Says Dr. Gross: Many years ago, before I had much experience inthis class of injuries, I occasionally employed the flexed position, butI soon found that it was objectionable, on account of the great difficultyin maintaining so accurate apposition to the ends of the fragments. Oflate years I have confined myself entirely to the use of the straightposition, and I have never had any cause to regret it. In the adult, Isometimes employ the apparatus of Desault, as modified by Physick,but much more frequently one of my own construction, somewhatupon the principle of that of Dr. Neill, described in the PhiladelphiaMedical Examiner for 1855. I have used it for nearly twenty years,and it has generally answered the purpose most admirably in myhands. It consists simply of a
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