Fractures and dislocations, diagnosis and treatment (1915)
Preston, Miller Edwin, 1879- [from old catalog], Stover, H. G. [from old catalog] · St. Louis, C. V. Mosby company · leaf 578
soaked gauze, tin, or cypress wood should be usedat the groin and behind the knee where the cast most frequentlybreaks. These reenforcements are best placed between the differentlayers of the plaster bandages as the cast is being applied. Theknee should be in a position a little short of complete… … Fig. 614.—Plaster cast for fracture of the hip applied with the thigh in abduction.A strap passing from the body portion of the cast under the perineum will add to thesecurity of the fixation. An even more secure form of cast is one which includes bothextremities in abduction. accomplishes fixation…
Fractures · Dislocations · X-rays
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