The American journal of the medical sciences (1827)
[Thorofare, N.J., etc.] Charles B. Slack [etc.] · leaf 99
of improving upon the admirable paper of my friend, Dr. Bryant.1 A table must be obtained and an upright bar about one inch in diame- ter secured to the middle of one end, so as to rise about two feet above the top of the table. In Bellevue Hospital an irOn bar is kept which fastens on by clamps,… … This upright should be thinly padded and covered evenly with a roller bandage. If the padding is too thick it will be in the way ; if too thin the bar may excoriate or cause undue pressure. The patient is to be placed upon the table with the nates well down towards the edge, and the upright…
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