The body and its ailments: a handbook of familiar directions for care and medical aid in the more usual complaints and injuries . Reducing an Arm out ofJoint. Fig. Reducing an Arm out of Joint with-out Assistance. 220 Accidents, Injuries and Poisons. est rail he can reach, hold fast, and let the whole weight of hisbody hang on the other side of the gate; and then, if he makesome little attempt to change the position of his body, still, however,letting its weight tell on the top of the gate, the bone will probablyslip into its place. The principle on which this is done is exactlythe same a
The body and its ailments: a handbook of familiar directions for care and medical aid in the more usual complaints and injuries . Reducing an Arm out ofJoint. Fig. Reducing an Arm out of Joint with-out Assistance. 220 Accidents, Injuries and Poisons. est rail he can reach, hold fast, and let the whole weight of hisbody hang on the other side of the gate; and then, if he makesome little attempt to change the position of his body, still, however,letting its weight tell on the top of the gate, the bone will probablyslip into its place. The principle on which this is done is exactlythe same as when the heel is put in the armpit and the arm pulled,Fig. 81. that is, to move the head or top of the arm-bone to the edge of its socket,below which, when dislocated, it haddropped, and this done, the muscles oftheir own accord pull it into place. Dislocation of the Thigh at the Hip-joint does not so frequently recur afterone displacement as the dislocation ofthe shoulder, just mentioned. Personswho have had dislocation of the hiptwo or three times are pretty much aswell aware of it as those whose shoul-der has been put out. If there be tolerable reason for b
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