. A practical treatise on fractures and dislocations. Hodgens suspended splint. ingenious devices to modify the amount of traction and to adapt thesplint to limbs of different sizes. But in all such the pressure of theperineal band is likely to prevent efficient use. Vertical suspension, for fractures of the thigh in infants and for somefractures of the arm, can be obtained in like manner by the use of the Fig. pulley. accumulatorLong side splint with traction. plaster strips and a cord carried to a point of support directly abovethe bed. (See Fig. 198.) In the double inc
. A practical treatise on fractures and dislocations. Hodgens suspended splint. ingenious devices to modify the amount of traction and to adapt thesplint to limbs of different sizes. But in all such the pressure of theperineal band is likely to prevent efficient use. Vertical suspension, for fractures of the thigh in infants and for somefractures of the arm, can be obtained in like manner by the use of the Fig. pulley. accumulatorLong side splint with traction. plaster strips and a cord carried to a point of support directly abovethe bed. (See Fig. 198.) In the double inclined plane (Fig. 48) traction is made by the weightof the upper segment of the thigh and pelvis. It consists of two pos-terior splints, for the leg and thigh respectively, hinged at the knee and 47. 99
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