The American journal of the medical sciences (1827)
[Thorofare, N.J., etc.] Charles B. Slack [etc.] · leaf 572
seem to compare favourably with its counterpart on the leg for extension. A bar of wrought iron or steel, of the shape exhibited in b, is fastened to the outer and upper part of Physick's long splint by means of bolts with movable nuts. This bar must be bent, to the right or left, in accordance… … wide, is applied from the pelvis in front up and over the shoulder, leaving a small loop at the latter part, in which is placed a small block ; the strip of plaster is then continued down the back and on to the buttock. Three bands of plaster are then passed completely round the body. A tape is…
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