The treatment of fractures : some practical points / James P. Warbasse.

  • James Peter Warbasse
Date:
1909
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Credit: The treatment of fractures : some practical points / James P. Warbasse. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    0 of it is from tlio damao'ed Mood cliaimels of the neigli- boring- soft tissues. The swelling in fractures of the skull is inconsiderable, notwithstanding that the total area of bone surface involved is commonly more than in fractures in the leg or arm, and the vascularity srreater. d’he i-eason for this is the natural immobility l)f fractures of the skull. For these reasons the best Fig. ].—Fracture of tibia and fibula in plaster case. I’osition corrected with the aid of the ®-ray. Best possible correction. Observe lateral displacement of fibula and loose fragments of bone. results in the treatment of fractures will be secured by early immobilization. The sooner a fracture is reduced, its hony surfaces brought into apposition and held im- movably, the less will be the swelling and the more sat- isfactory the result.
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