. Diseases of children. Fig. 116.—^Jaw-cup, unfolded. A moulded pasteboard splint (Da Costa). thoroughly wet it can easily be moulded to the part,which shape it holds when dry. It should be paddedwith cotton before application. SPLINTS Splints are used to keep the broken fragments of bonein apposition after a fracture. According to the location of the fractured bone different 464 DISEASES OF CHILDREN FOR NURSES kinds of splints have been devised. The principal formsare as follows: shoulder-cap, for fracture of the upperportion of the humerus; the internal angular and anteriorangular sphnts for
. Diseases of children. Fig. 116.—^Jaw-cup, unfolded. A moulded pasteboard splint (Da Costa). thoroughly wet it can easily be moulded to the part,which shape it holds when dry. It should be paddedwith cotton before application. SPLINTS Splints are used to keep the broken fragments of bonein apposition after a fracture. According to the location of the fractured bone different 464 DISEASES OF CHILDREN FOR NURSES kinds of splints have been devised. The principal formsare as follows: shoulder-cap, for fracture of the upperportion of the humerus; the internal angular and anteriorangular sphnts for fractures of lower end of humerus. Fig. 117.—Bonds splint (Da Costa).
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