The essentials of bandaging : including the management of fractures and dislocations, with directions for using other surgical apparatus / by Berkeley Hill.

  • Hill Berkeley, 1834-1892.
Date:
1867
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The essentials of bandaging : including the management of fractures and dislocations, with directions for using other surgical apparatus / by Berkeley Hill. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    G2 applied, the limb may be either laid on its side, or supported upright by sand-bags, or slung in a cradle, Fig. 44.—Lateral Splints for simple transverse fracture of the Tibia. for three 'weeks, after which it is advantageously re- placed by a starch bandage for three weeks longer. Fracture of the Patella.—When this bone is broken there is usually much swelling from effusion into the knee-joint ; while this is present, rest, with cold lotions, and elevation of the foot, are alone applicable. When the effusion has subsided, the upper fragment must be brought down to the lower one, by some means like the following. Apparatus. — 1. Straight back splint with a foot- piece. 2. Pads. 3. Strapping. 4. Roller. 5. Lint and wool. C. Screws, gimlet, and screw-driver. Step 1. The splint is first fitted ; it should reach from the buttock to the heel, at which point a foot- piece rises for the foot to rest against; at the back of the splint a line should be marked 3 inches above, and another 3 inches below the knee-cap, into which a stout screw or hook is inserted before the