Our home physician: a new and popular guide to the art of preserving health and treating disease; with plain advice for all the medical and surgical emergencies of the family . e. The ends should always be carried underneath the pad of some soft substance is next to be applied over theupper part of the limb, and over that another splint of the samelength as the first. Five or six pieces of flat tape or strong linen,which ought in the first instance to be placed under the lowersplint, are now to be brought round and tied. The limb should befixed upon a frame in the form of a double
Our home physician: a new and popular guide to the art of preserving health and treating disease; with plain advice for all the medical and surgical emergencies of the family . e. The ends should always be carried underneath the pad of some soft substance is next to be applied over theupper part of the limb, and over that another splint of the samelength as the first. Five or six pieces of flat tape or strong linen,which ought in the first instance to be placed under the lowersplint, are now to be brought round and tied. The limb should befixed upon a frame in the form of a double inclined plane, made bynailing the boards together at an obtuse angle, with the addition ofa foot board. The splints are to be retained for five or six weeks,the time required for the union of the bones varying according tocircumstances. After their removal, the limb should be accustomedto its former functions by degrees; and the patient should be care-ful not to put much weight upon it for at least two months. FRACTURE OF THE COLLAR-BONE. The fracture generally takes place about the middle of the boneand is easily detected, because we can feel the bone along its whole. APPARATUS FOR BROKEN COLLAR-BONE. length. The weight of the shoulder and arm makes the outward 27 418 SURGICAL ACCIDENTS AND EMERGENCIES portion of the broken bone fall downwards and forwards along witbthe arm; and thus causes the shoulders to seem narrower, while thepiece which is attached to the breast-bone appears raised, withoutreally being so. To place the broken ends of the collar-bone incontact, both shoulders must be pulled strongly backwards, andkept in that position by turning an appropriate bandage round theshoulders. The arm being -now placed across the chest, with thefingers pointing to the top of the opposite shoulder, is to be support-ed and fixed in that position by fastening a broad bandage roundthe arm and chest, or by rolling a firm pad made of soft material ina shawl and placing it in the ar
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