Minor surgery, or, Hints on the every-day duties of the surgeon . r, what is better, through a ring, as representedin the wood-cut, which serves to connect them, andallows of a free play of the loops, from which thepatient will derive no small convenience. Whenthe apparatus is thus prepared, nothing remainsto be done but to introduce therein the patientsforearm, which has been, if fractured, previously-furnished with its bandage. Observations.—This apparatus maybe wornenclosed in the patients ordinary dress, so asnot to give the appearance of the arm beingsubjected to confinement. If, however,
Minor surgery, or, Hints on the every-day duties of the surgeon . r, what is better, through a ring, as representedin the wood-cut, which serves to connect them, andallows of a free play of the loops, from which thepatient will derive no small convenience. Whenthe apparatus is thus prepared, nothing remainsto be done but to introduce therein the patientsforearm, which has been, if fractured, previously-furnished with its bandage. Observations.—This apparatus maybe wornenclosed in the patients ordinary dress, so asnot to give the appearance of the arm beingsubjected to confinement. If, however, it be re-quired to preserve the elbow fixed against thetrunk, a riband may be made to pass througha couple of holes perforated in the internal por-tion of the trough, or that which correspondsto the body, and to embrace the trunk as abelt or body-bandage. If it be necessary to givesupport to the hand or wrist, a thin, flat piece ofwood may be laid at the bottom of the trough, andits projection beyond the end of the latter regulatedby circumstances. Fig. TRIANGULAR CAP OF THE SHOULDER. Application.—Base of the triangleat the insertion of the deltoid mus-cle, or elbow, the summit over theacromion, and the angles carriedround the arm, and tied on it as inthe figure. Use. — To retain dressings to theround part of the shoulder or bodyof the arm. MINOR SURGERY. 149 TRIANGULAR CAP : — FOR THE HUMERUS AND ALL OTHERAMPUTATIONS. Application. — The base of a triangle is to beconveniently placed under the limb, and at a con-venient distance from the extremity of the stump ;the tails are then to be brought forward and over-lapped, and the summit to be carried over thestump and fastened to the circular portion of theangles. In this last part of the process care shouldbe taken that the linen embrace in the most per-fect manner the extremity of the stump, as shownunder the head of dressings. Or, instead of commencing with the lateral an-gles, the summit may be first carried up
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