. Virginia medical semi-monthly. THE Virginia Medical Semi-Monthly. (FORMERLY VIRGINIA MEDICAL MONTHLY.) Vol. 3, No. No 49 Richmond, Va., April 8, 1898. $ a Cents a Copy. (Original Communications. IMPROVEMENT UPON SAYRES METHODOF TREATING FRACTURED CLAVICLE* By I, W. HENSON, M. D., Richmond, Va., Professsor of Anatomy, University College of .Medicine, andSurgeon to Virginia Hospital. Richmond, Va. I crave your indulgence while I attempt, inas few words as posssible, to explain to you anappliance which I hope you will find an im-provement upon the present methods of secur-in
. Virginia medical semi-monthly. THE Virginia Medical Semi-Monthly. (FORMERLY VIRGINIA MEDICAL MONTHLY.) Vol. 3, No. No 49 Richmond, Va., April 8, 1898. $ a Cents a Copy. (Original Communications. IMPROVEMENT UPON SAYRES METHODOF TREATING FRACTURED CLAVICLE* By I, W. HENSON, M. D., Richmond, Va., Professsor of Anatomy, University College of .Medicine, andSurgeon to Virginia Hospital. Richmond, Va. I crave your indulgence while I attempt, inas few words as posssible, to explain to you anappliance which I hope you will find an im-provement upon the present methods of secur-ing position and immobility in a Every intelligent doctor is aware that theindications in the treatment of this fracture,on account of the position and attachments of * Read before Richmond Academy of Medicine andSurgery, March 8, 1898. the bone, are to draw the distal fragments up-ward, backward, and outward, through themedium of its connection to the shoulder. Toaccomplish this, Sayres method is the bestnow in use. In this method, the adhesive strip, whichpasses from the arm of the injured side hori-zontally around the chest, admirably performsits function and rarely slips much. But while the strip, which passes from thesound shoulder around underneath the oppo-site elbow and back again, does its work wellwhen first applied, yet it is almost certain toslip, and in warm weather does so very quickly,thus losing efficiency; is apt to roll up on theshoulder and hurt by becoming cord like, amiis altogether very uncomfortable. In the placeof the latter strip, I have substituted the fol-lowing arrangement with success: Ouvirginiamedicals3189unse
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