Notes on the modern treatment of fractures . or compound, fractures, less sim-plicity is possible in the first dressing; but the surgeon who isfully imbued with the doctrines of antiseptic surgery willusually be able to convert fractures of this kind into what arepractically closed ones. Thoroughly laying open the injuredregions, scraping out all particles of dirt, scrubbing the partswell with soap and water and a nail brush, and providing forremoval or asepticity of all accumulations of blooJ will enable SIMPLICITY IN THE TREATMENT OF FRACTURES. 41 him to put a dry antiseptic dressing and a s
Notes on the modern treatment of fractures . or compound, fractures, less sim-plicity is possible in the first dressing; but the surgeon who isfully imbued with the doctrines of antiseptic surgery willusually be able to convert fractures of this kind into what arepractically closed ones. Thoroughly laying open the injuredregions, scraping out all particles of dirt, scrubbing the partswell with soap and water and a nail brush, and providing forremoval or asepticity of all accumulations of blooJ will enable SIMPLICITY IN THE TREATMENT OF FRACTURES. 41 him to put a dry antiseptic dressing and a splint upon theinjured extremity, with the conviction that the wound willprobably go on to recovery with very little variation from theclinical course of uncomplicated fractures in the same perhaps will aid in the discussion of this subject if I giveillustrations of simple methods of treating common will be understood, of course, that my personal preferencesare shown by these illustrations; but naturally there are many. Fig. Leg dressed with anterior and posterior molded splints, with rings for sus-pension incorporated in the layers of gauze. Splints are indicated bydotted lines on the bandage. A shows form of wire in which rings aremade. (From Stimson.) other equally simple methods of treating the same injurieswhich may be adopted by other surgeons. Necessarily thesedescriptions refer to such fractures of bones as are ordinarilyseen, and not to cases of unusual severity. Fractures of the clavicle are usually satisfactorily treated bySayres adhesive plaster dressing, consisting of two1 long stripsof plaster, which acts by drawing the upper part of thehumerus backward, fixing the lower angle of the scapula, and 42 THE MODERN TREATMENT OF FRACTURES. pushing up the elbow. Fractures of this bone unite with lessdeformity, as a rule, if the patient is kept upon his back for aweek or ten days, so that the scapula is held in position by theweight of the body press
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