The American journal of the medical sciences (1827)
[Thorofare, N.J., etc.] Charles B. Slack [etc.] · leaf 111
and are buckled to a wide main supporting band, which passes from the shoulder across the upper part of the back, and over the shoulder of the sound side, and terminates on the front of the chest. By this means the shoulder is supported, and the pad immovably held high in the axilla, where its… … To the front end of the wide supporting band is suspended a sling, by which the elbow is supported. On the back of the sling, at a short distance above the point of the elbow, a strap is attached, which passes obliquely across the back, and, coming in front, is buckled to the main supporting band.…
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