A system of surgery . Fig. -Arnolds Splint (wooden side pieces not shown)and Cradle. 866 INJURIES OF BONES. Arnolds (or Nevilles) splint is shown applied in Fig. 321. It con-sists of an iron foot piece and back splint (Fig 320*) with two woodenlateral splints. The limb is placed on the padded back splint andsecured to its foot piece and lower part; any extension required. Fig. 321.—Arnolds Splint applied and slung on Bloxams Cradle. The eversion of the footshown is quite insufficient. is now made, counter-extension being provided at the thigh;whilst this is maintained, a bandage is carri
A system of surgery . Fig. -Arnolds Splint (wooden side pieces not shown)and Cradle. 866 INJURIES OF BONES. Arnolds (or Nevilles) splint is shown applied in Fig. 321. It con-sists of an iron foot piece and back splint (Fig 320*) with two woodenlateral splints. The limb is placed on the padded back splint andsecured to its foot piece and lower part; any extension required. Fig. 321.—Arnolds Splint applied and slung on Bloxams Cradle. The eversion of the footshown is quite insufficient. is now made, counter-extension being provided at the thigh;whilst this is maintained, a bandage is carried from the fractureup to the top of the splint. The side pieces are now buckled on, andthe splint is slung in a special cradle by means of straps passedthrough lateral projections from the back splint. It should be placedso that the toes point up and out in the position of rest; or thefoot may be fixed in this position across the foot piece, and thesplint hung straight. Maclntyres splint (Fig. 322) is a posterior gutter splint of iron,with a screw arrangement for varying the angle between thigh and leg pieces, and with a ver-tical foot piece, sliding inlateral slots for purposesof extension, and fixed atany spot by a screw nut. Fig. *s Splint. The foot piece is left loose and pushed well up; theback splint is padded. A sock having a tape attached on the
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