The surgeon's handbook on the treatment of wounded in war : a prize essay . ESMARCHS bracket splint for excision of the ankle. 8? c. For the immobilisation of fractures of the leg there are used a. Wooden splints (fig. 41 and 45), (3. Paste-board splints (fig. 50 and 52), T. Tin splints (fig. 53), 8. Wire splints (fig. 55), e. Splints of sticks (fig. 59 — 61), C Straw splints (fig. 62 — 65), 7). Splints of weapons (fig. 67 — 69), 6. Starch bandages (fig. 71), i. Plaster of Paris bandages (fig. 74, 75, 80). d. For compound fractures of the leg a. the plaster of Paris bandage must either be prov
The surgeon's handbook on the treatment of wounded in war : a prize essay . ESMARCHS bracket splint for excision of the ankle. 8? c. For the immobilisation of fractures of the leg there are used a. Wooden splints (fig. 41 and 45), (3. Paste-board splints (fig. 50 and 52), T. Tin splints (fig. 53), 8. Wire splints (fig. 55), e. Splints of sticks (fig. 59 — 61), C Straw splints (fig. 62 — 65), 7). Splints of weapons (fig. 67 — 69), 6. Starch bandages (fig. 71), i. Plaster of Paris bandages (fig. 74, 75, 80). d. For compound fractures of the leg a. the plaster of Paris bandage must either be provided withwindows (fig. 81 and 82), p. or Beelvs dorsal splints of hemp and plaster of Paris (fig. 76),are used, if e. g. there are extensive injuries to the soft parts of thecalf of the leg. y. For severe shattering, of the leg with extensive injuries to thesoft parts on the anterior surface, Pirogoffs interrupted splint withplaster of Paris (fig. 187) is especially suitable. Fig. PIROGOFFS interrupted splint with plaster of Paris. After a strong plaster of Paris splint of coarse sack-cloth, soakedin plaster cream, has been applied to the calf, two large balls of tow,saturated with the plaster cream, are placed upon the anterior surfaceof the leg; a wooden lath is then fastened upon the tow with broadstrips of linen, which are also impregnated with the plaster cream. 88 o. The box splint is also very suitable for compound fractures ofthe leg, and is preferred by many surgeons to the fixed box splint, which was introduced into Germany by Heister(fig. 188), was always particularly popular. Fig. 188.
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