Minor surgery, or, Hints on the every-day duties of the surgeon . fices to maintain the broken ends in apposition,the surgeon has only to confine himself to the ap-plication, below the knee, of a tie or garter, thecentral portion of which has merely to be appliedupon the anterior, or one of the lateral faces ofthe limb, and its ends attached either separatelyon each side, or together, on the outside or insideof the board (A). Theobject here in view, Fig. 140. as will be easily per-ceived, is to fix the limbupon the board and givea due direction to thesuperior osseous frag-ment. The garter, lik
Minor surgery, or, Hints on the every-day duties of the surgeon . fices to maintain the broken ends in apposition,the surgeon has only to confine himself to the ap-plication, below the knee, of a tie or garter, thecentral portion of which has merely to be appliedupon the anterior, or one of the lateral faces ofthe limb, and its ends attached either separatelyon each side, or together, on the outside or insideof the board (A). Theobject here in view, Fig. 140. as will be easily per-ceived, is to fix the limbupon the board and givea due direction to thesuperior osseous frag-ment. The garter, likeall the other directing bands, may be made of a bit of common roller, or a longitudinal com-press, but M. Mayor prefers those he ordina-rily employs. These directing bands, the form of which may be seen in the figure, should be thick and soft, in order to preserve their shape, and prevent them from exercising a painful pressure. They should be constructed of two pieces of linen cloth, from three to five inches wide at the middle, with a layer of wadding, char-. 176 MINOR SURGERY. pie, tow, or wool, interposed between them; tothe two extremities of these bands should besewed tapes of convenient dimensions, or paddedhandkerchiefs will do as well. The figure indi-cate so clearly the man-es- Hi. ner of disposing them,that it is unnecessary todwell upon them longerhere: the place, how-ever, they are to occupyupon the limb, will bespoken of by-and-by. When these simplebands are found insuffi-cient to fix the limbsolidly upon the board,or when it is necessary,in order to maintain thefracture reduced, to exertcontinued traction on thelimb, the following piecesmust be added. To theinferior extremity of theboard above spoken of, afoot-support is to beadapted, of the shape ofa ladder, as in the Figure137, by means of mor-tises, a a, pierced in theformer to receive it; it should be from ei»ht toten inches high, and form with the boa^d anangle of about eighty degrees. The object of this f
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