A practical treatise on fractures and dislocations . e, and the reduction be effected in less timethan has been spent in describing the Six successive cases of treatment by this method are mentioned inthe American Journal of Medical Sciences for April, 1858; one byRickard, one by Morgan, two by Cutter, and two by Crosby. I havealso once succeeded by the same method. By those who have regarded extension as an important element inthe reduction, various instruments have been devised for the purposeof obtaining a secure hold upon the dislocated member. Sir AstleyCooper, as we have alrea
A practical treatise on fractures and dislocations . e, and the reduction be effected in less timethan has been spent in describing the Six successive cases of treatment by this method are mentioned inthe American Journal of Medical Sciences for April, 1858; one byRickard, one by Morgan, two by Cutter, and two by Crosby. I havealso once succeeded by the same method. By those who have regarded extension as an important element inthe reduction, various instruments have been devised for the purposeof obtaining a secure hold upon the dislocated member. Sir AstleyCooper, as we have already seen, recommended the sailors clovehitch f Lawrie advises that the thumb shall be thrust into the openhandle of a large door key f Charriere and Luer, of Paris, have eachinvented forceps, so constructed with fenestra and straps, as that whenthe blades are closed the member is held very firmly in its J. Levis, of Philadelphia, recommends a thin strip of hardwood, about ten inches in length, and one inch, or rather more, in Fig. Leviss instrument for reduction of dislocations of fingers or the thumb. width. One end of the piece is perforated with six or eight opposite end is partly cut away, forming a projecting pin, andleaving a shoulder on each side of it. Towards this end of the strip,a sort of handle shape is given to it, so as to insure a secure grasp tothe operator. Two pieces of strong tape or other material, about oneyard in length, are prepared. One of these is passed through theholes at the end of the strip, leaving a loop on one side. The othertape is passed through another pair of holes, according as it may be athumb or a finger to which it is to be applied, or varied to suit the 1 Batchelder, New York Journ. Med., May, 1856, p. 340. 2 Op. cit, p. 561 ; also Bost. Med. and Surg. Journ., Oct. 1, 1857. 3 Lawrie, Am. Journ. Med. Sci., vol. xxii, p. 229. 43 6Q6 OF FIRST PHALANGES OF THUMB AND FINGERS. length of the finger, leaving a simila
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