A practical treatise on fractures and dislocations . f Philadelphia: Place the patient, andadjust the extending and counter-extendingbands as for the pulleys; then procure anordinary bed-cord or a wash-line, tie the endstogether and again double it upon itself, passit through the extending tapes or towels,doubling the whole once more, and fasten thedistal end, consisting of four loops of rope, toa window-sill, door-sill, or staple, so that thecords are drawn moderately tight; finally,pass a stick through the centre of the doublerope, then by revolving the stick as an axisor double lever, the p
A practical treatise on fractures and dislocations . f Philadelphia: Place the patient, andadjust the extending and counter-extendingbands as for the pulleys; then procure anordinary bed-cord or a wash-line, tie the endstogether and again double it upon itself, passit through the extending tapes or towels,doubling the whole once more, and fasten thedistal end, consisting of four loops of rope, toa window-sill, door-sill, or staple, so that thecords are drawn moderately tight; finally,pass a stick through the centre of the doublerope, then by revolving the stick as an axisor double lever, the power is produced pre-cisely as it should be in such cases, viz., slow-ly, steadily, and continuously. Jarviss adjuster, although very complex,possesses some advantages over the pulleys,which may, perhaps, entitle it to the preference in a few cases. Among the constitutional means, ether and chloroform occupy thefirst rank; indeed they are, at the present day, almost the only meansof this class to which surgeons resort, and their value in this point. Clove-hitch. (From Erichsen.) Fig. 248.
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