Cocking's poro-plastic jacket : for superseding plaster of Paris bandages, as used in 'Sayre's' treatment of spinal disease, with directions for application : also, description of various fracture splints manufactured from same material / to be obtained from F. Gustav Ernst, agent.

Ernst, Friedrich Gustav.

Date:: 1878

Credit: Cocking's poro-plastic jacket : for superseding plaster of Paris bandages, as used in 'Sayre's' treatment of spinal disease, with directions for application : also, description of various fracture splints manufactured from same material / to be obtained from F. Gustav Ernst, agent. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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$It being impossible to make splints with angles from the flat sheet of poro-plastic, they are formed over blocks or moulds into shapes and sets, which will be described hereafter. These splints can be adapted at will to any of the various cases for ■ which they are intended, and being so closely fitted to the limbs, it is impossible for them to be easily displaced. The patient is able to be moved about, the limb being in perfect rest all the while; whilst their porosity is so great as to admit of hot or cold water dressings being freely applied, and from enclosing the limb both in circum- ference and length, they prevent spasmodic action, over-riding of particles of bone and consequent deformity. These splints will be found invaluable for the treatment of fractures in children, and for all sprains and injuries where perfect rest and support are required. To apply them, the same method must be pur- sued as that directed for the adaptation of the Poro-plastic Jacket; but instead of first bandaging the limb with a cold water bandage, as is usual with these splints, it has been found better to employ the cotton wool as described on page 5, foot-note— Dr. Yandell's suggestion.$