The treatment of fractures . Fig. 369.—Thomas single hip-splint inposition (Ridlon). Fig. 370.—Thomas double hip-splint inposition (Ridlon). except posteriorly, allows the patient to be lifted with ease, doesnot interfere with the groin, favors cleanliness, admits of traction,can be applied without moving the patient and without assist-ance, and presents no difficulties after the initial application (seeFigs. 369, 370). The splint is made of soft iron, and consists of a main stem, achest-band, a thigh-band, and a calf-band. The stem is an inchand a quarter wide and one-fourth of an inch thick,
The treatment of fractures . Fig. 369.—Thomas single hip-splint inposition (Ridlon). Fig. 370.—Thomas double hip-splint inposition (Ridlon). except posteriorly, allows the patient to be lifted with ease, doesnot interfere with the groin, favors cleanliness, admits of traction,can be applied without moving the patient and without assist-ance, and presents no difficulties after the initial application (seeFigs. 369, 370). The splint is made of soft iron, and consists of a main stem, achest-band, a thigh-band, and a calf-band. The stem is an inchand a quarter wide and one-fourth of an inch thick, and in lengthreaches from the axilla to the calf of the leg—the length of thelower portion from the hip-joint to the calf of the leg being equal 2/0 FRACTURES OF THE FEMUR to that from the axilla to the hip-joint. In the part opposite thebuttock two gentle bends are made, the lower somewhat back-ward and the upper upward, so that the body and leg portionsof the splint follow parallel lines from one-half to one inch ap
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