Lectures on the American eclectic system of surgery . r from the toes to theknee, and affix the splint firmly tothe thigh. Use emollients and fo-mentations, if there be inflammationto subdue, or cooling lotions to pre-vent it until all danger is passed. The divided parts may bebrought together in this way: Straps are buckled round belowthe lower part and above the upper, and drawn together bymeans of other straps attached to them, and meeting longitu-dinally at the sides of the knee. Pull the circular straps upand down, until the fractured parts come together and thensecure them firmly. Unless
Lectures on the American eclectic system of surgery . r from the toes to theknee, and affix the splint firmly tothe thigh. Use emollients and fo-mentations, if there be inflammationto subdue, or cooling lotions to pre-vent it until all danger is passed. The divided parts may bebrought together in this way: Straps are buckled round belowthe lower part and above the upper, and drawn together bymeans of other straps attached to them, and meeting longitu-dinally at the sides of the knee. Pull the circular straps upand down, until the fractured parts come together and thensecure them firmly. Unless close coaptation be preserved, theunion will be only ligamentous. Longitudinal Fracture of the Patella is easily treated. Aftersubduing inflammation, extend the leg, bring the parts togetherand secure them by bandage, with compresses and pasteboardsplints. For the difficult object of fixing the patella in its place afterdislocation, or keeping its segments together after fracture, aningenious apparatus has been quite recently invented—(repre-43. 674 PARTICULAR FRACTURES CONTINUED. sented in Fig. 90). This consists of a ring or case exactly Fig. 90.*
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