First aid to the injured : with special reference to accidents occuring in the mountains : a handbook for guides, climbers and travellers / by Oscar Bernhard ; tr. from the German by Michael G. Foster.

  • Bernhard, Oskar, 1861-1939.
Date:
1900
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: First aid to the injured : with special reference to accidents occuring in the mountains : a handbook for guides, climbers and travellers / by Oscar Bernhard ; tr. from the German by Michael G. Foster. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    (-)6 Fig. 68. Shows a simple fracture of the forearm both bones being broken through. Fig. 69. Shows these bones united in a straight line. Fig. 70. Shows them badly united in a crooked manner. Fig. 71. Shows a compound fracture of the leg, the broken shin bone has pierced the skin. Fig. 72. Shows union of the bone in a good position. Fig. 73. The same badly set and the resulting shortening. Fig. 74. In this case the bone has not united at all, but has remained moveable at the fracture thus forming a false joint.