A practical treatise on fractures and dislocations . meaning. Two long side splints connectedby a cross piece at the lower ends, and reaching upwards to near theaxillae, separated a little more widely below than above, so as torender the perineum more accessible, are laid upon each side of thebody. The leg of the broken limb is secured to the long splint witha roller. The remainder of the limb, the opposite limb, and the body,are made fast with broad and separate strips of cloth. The coaptationsplints, in the case of children, may be made of binders board. Thus secured and laid upon a bed, suc
A practical treatise on fractures and dislocations . meaning. Two long side splints connectedby a cross piece at the lower ends, and reaching upwards to near theaxillae, separated a little more widely below than above, so as torender the perineum more accessible, are laid upon each side of thebody. The leg of the broken limb is secured to the long splint witha roller. The remainder of the limb, the opposite limb, and the body,are made fast with broad and separate strips of cloth. The coaptationsplints, in the case of children, may be made of binders board. Thus secured and laid upon a bed, such as I have already describedas appropriate for children, the least possible annoyance will be given FEACTURES OF THE SHAFT OF THE FEMUR. 427 to the surgeon. The dressings are but little liable to become wetwith urine, and when the bed is soiled, the child can be taken up withthe splint and carried to another; indeed, this may be done as oftenas the patient becomes restless or weary, without any risk of disturb-ing the fracture. Pie. 181. Fig. Authors splint for fracture of the femur inchildren. Authors dressing for fracture of the femur inchildren, complete. In case the surgeon desires to use extension with adhesive plasterand weights, the necessary apparatus may be made fast to the bed-stead, and taken off when the child is moved; or it may, if thoughtbest, be made fast to the foot-piece of the splint. Occasionally, with children, I employ, as a means of extra safety, aperineal band, drawn moderately tight, and fastened to the top of thesplint on the side corresponding to the broken limb. The best peri-neal band is a piece of soft cotton cloth, one or two yards long, bythree inches wide, folded lengthwise, to a flat band of one inch inbreadth, and inclosing, where it passes through the perineum andunder the nates, a few thicknesses of paper. The paper prevents itsdrawing into a round cord. Sometimes I place between the paper 428 FKACTUKES OF THE FEMUR. and the folded cl
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