The international encyclopaedia of surgery; a systematic treatise on the theory and practice of surgery . Prof. Sayres long splint for hip-disease. Prof. Sayres sftort splint for hip-disease. !Fig. 6tji sive plaster or otherwise, upon the liml). Dr. II. G. Daviss splint had cer-tain mechanical defects which have been to a great extent eliminated by , who has frequently described his long and shortsplints. These are used as follows: To the ends oflong strips of plaster (in the case of the short splintcut fan-shaped) applied to the thigh, firm webbing issewn, which, passing under rollers
The international encyclopaedia of surgery; a systematic treatise on the theory and practice of surgery . Prof. Sayres long splint for hip-disease. Prof. Sayres sftort splint for hip-disease. !Fig. 6tji sive plaster or otherwise, upon the liml). Dr. II. G. Daviss splint had cer-tain mechanical defects which have been to a great extent eliminated by , who has frequently described his long and shortsplints. These are used as follows: To the ends oflong strips of plaster (in the case of the short splintcut fan-shaped) applied to the thigh, firm webbing issewn, which, passing under rollers at the lower endof the splint, is secured to buckles at its outside. Theperineal strap is fastened firmly, but not too tightly,and then by means of a rack and key the splint islengthened until it produces a suflicient amount ofextension, being slightly longer than the part of thelimb on which it fits. The object is to prevent weightfalling on the joint, even though the patient standon his foot, but to allow, and indeed to provide formotion, by placing a ball-and-socket joint at a pointopposite the h
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