Lectures on the American eclectic system of surgery . a line with theinner edge of the patella. Another splint along the course ofthe fibula will be necessary, and bandages, as in other the parts wet with spirits and water, or other refrigerants;and both leg and foot quite still, and in the easiest positionfor the patient. The tibia may be fractured near its lowerend — generally obliquely, with the internalmalleolus broken off (see Fig. 84), by twistingthe foot inward with sufficient force. Thefracture may be transverse, extending throughthe fibula. The symptoms, in either case, are
Lectures on the American eclectic system of surgery . a line with theinner edge of the patella. Another splint along the course ofthe fibula will be necessary, and bandages, as in other the parts wet with spirits and water, or other refrigerants;and both leg and foot quite still, and in the easiest positionfor the patient. The tibia may be fractured near its lowerend — generally obliquely, with the internalmalleolus broken off (see Fig. 84), by twistingthe foot inward with sufficient force. Thefracture may be transverse, extending throughthe fibula. The symptoms, in either case, arethe same and obvious; the foot is seen turnedinward, instead of outward, as when the fibulaalone is involved, the external malleolus pro-jecting (as seen in the figure), if not also brokenoff. The crepitus is to be felt on the treatment is in all respects the same asdirected for the former case, except that theone splint is to be applied on the side of thetibia, instead of the fibula unless the latter bealso broken and require Fractures of the Foot Are in nearly all cases connected with severe contusions, andmore or less laceration. Treat them in all respects, aside fromthe fracture, as you would any other contused or laceratedwound. The bones are to be confined to their proper placeswith pasteboard or shellac splints, compresses and all cases the foot has to be kept very still, and other precau-tions used to keep down inflammation. The Salt and Camphor lotion, which has been much used byour practitioners, and frequently mentioned in the course ofthese lectures, is particularly adapted to compound or com-minuted, and what under ordinary treatment become com-plicated fractures of the foot or hand. A remarkablecase, in illustration, recently occurred in this county, theresult of which was so unexpected by those not acquainted with 680 PARTICULAR FRACTURES CONTINUED. the Eclectic Practice, that it may not be amiss to give the par-ticulars. An iro
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