. The science and art of surgery, embracing minor and operative surgery. Comp. from standard allopathic authorities, and adapted to homoeopathic therapeutics, with a general history of surgery from the earliest periods to the present time .. . limb, furtherextension should be made in two or three days and the bandstightened. In this and all cases wherever any change is made inthe apparatus, extension and counter-extension must be carefullytaintained by the hands of assistants until the splints are reapplied,md all motion of the fragments must be avoided. Hodges Splint.—A valuable addition to t
. The science and art of surgery, embracing minor and operative surgery. Comp. from standard allopathic authorities, and adapted to homoeopathic therapeutics, with a general history of surgery from the earliest periods to the present time .. . limb, furtherextension should be made in two or three days and the bandstightened. In this and all cases wherever any change is made inthe apparatus, extension and counter-extension must be carefullytaintained by the hands of assistants until the splints are reapplied,md all motion of the fragments must be avoided. Hodges Splint.—A valuable addition to the long splint, andrhich is an improvement upon Dessaults, has been suggested andised by Dr. Hodge, of Philadelphia. It consists of a bar of30—vol. n. 458 SCIENCE AND ART OF SURGERY. wrought iron attached to the upper and outer part of the splint bymeans of bolts or screws and bent either to the right or leftaccording to the side for which it is required. The splint shouldbe sufficiently wide to allow the bar to pass free of the patientsarm and shoulder. Then the adhesive strips as previouslydescribed, are attached by means of a tape to the hook at the topof the bar, as shown in Fig. 325. The advantages of this apparatus Pig. a. View of Hodges Splint. 6. Counter-extending bar as attached to long splint. are that the extension and counter-extension are made in astraightjline. That the dressings maintain their positions much betterthan the ordinary ones, and the patient being unable to rise thefragment are less liable to become misplaced. The fracture-box of Dr. Gross, having been used by hiifor upwards of twenty years, possesses many advantages antis thus described by the author : The box, as is shown in Fig. 32page 443, extends from the tuberosity of the ischium to a levelwith the sole of the foot which rests against the vertical pieceprovided with two slit-like holes for the passage of the extendingbands. The posterior surface of the box is hollowed out for th(more e
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