. A treatise on dislocations and fractures of the joints. of this injury, the principles are tokeep the bones in approximationby pressing the trochanter towardsthe acetabulum, and to preservethe length of the limb. The footand ankle of the injured sideshould be firmly bound with a rollerto the foot and ankle of the otherleg, and thus the uninjured side will serve as the splint to that ... # which is fractured, giving it a con-tinued support, and keeping it extended to the proper length. A broadleathern strap should also be buckled around the pelvis, including thetrochanter major, to press the
. A treatise on dislocations and fractures of the joints. of this injury, the principles are tokeep the bones in approximationby pressing the trochanter towardsthe acetabulum, and to preservethe length of the limb. The footand ankle of the injured sideshould be firmly bound with a rollerto the foot and ankle of the otherleg, and thus the uninjured side will serve as the splint to that ... # which is fractured, giving it a con-tinued support, and keeping it extended to the proper length. A broadleathern strap should also be buckled around the pelvis, including thetrochanter major, to press the fractured portions of the bone firmlytogether, and the best position for the limb is, to keep it in a straightline with the body. The following plan I have also known successful:—The patientbeing placed on a mattress on his back, the thigh is to be broughtover a double inclined plane composed of three boards, one below,which is to reach from the tuberosity of the ischium to the patientsheel, and the two others having a joint in the middle by which the.
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