The American journal of the medical sciences (1827)
[Thorofare, N.J., etc.] Charles B. Slack [etc.] · leaf 141
o the upper surface of the limb. The peculiarity of the apparatus, however, consists in the arrangement for changing the dressings without disturbance of the limb. A portion of the wooden splint is sawn out, opposite the knee or other desired point, and the parts above and below are strongly… … An iron arch, screwed to the lower end of the splint, serves to protect the foot from pressure or lateral displacement ; and by tying a piece of
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