On the treatment of fractures of the limbs.

  • Sampson Gamgee
Date:
1871
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    treatment of fractures, Belloste, Roche, and Samuel Cooper, 2]9,— Practice of the Spaniards, 220.—Larrey, his immovable apparatus, and observations on the imperfections of English practice, 220-221.—A leading British surgeon unacquainted with Larrey's works, in 1869, 222; Sir Charles Bell's controversy with Sir Astley Cooper on frac- tures of the thigh, 222-22.—Experience of the siege of Antwerp, 224. —Velpeau and B^rard's remarks, 225.—Velpeau on compression.— History of starched apparatus, 226.—Seutin and Malguigne, a parallel and a contrast 227-228.—The long splint and Macintyre, 228.—Piro- gofif's practice with plaster of Paris in the Crimean war, 229.—John Bell on the treatment of compound fractures, 230.—Amesbury on the same subject, 231.—Professor Lister's theory and practice, 232-233.— History of the antiseptic method, and its revival by Maisonneuve, 234. Influence of unhealthy hospitals, disturbing influence of the carbolic acid controversy, 235.—Paralyzing infliience of routine and disturbing effect of plausible ill-considered innovations, 236.—Necessity of erudi- tion and comprehensi ve views, 237.—Error of predicting pathological effects from physiological premises, dolce far nienic of expectancy a frequent shelter of incompetence, 238.—Difiiculty of therapeutic enquiry, conclusion, 239-240. PAET II. Practical directions for the construction of apparatus for the treatment of fractures on the principles expounded in Part I, 243. Paper splints for fractures of the hand, 244. Pasteboard apparatus.—Materials for its construction, cotton wool, 246. Bandages, their width and mode of application, 247. Pasteboard, kind to employ, best manner of preparing splints, 248-249.— Size of splints, 250.—Stai-ch 256.—Opening the apparatus for examina- tion and dressing of the limb, 250-256. Fractures of the upper Umb, 256. Fracture of the lower end of the radius, 254. Fracture of the humerus, 254. Ai'm slings, 255. Fractures of the lower limb. Pott's fractm-e, 256.—Dupuytren's splint, 257.—Value of suspension, and inclined position as aids to treatment, 258. Fractures of the tibia alone, 259. Fractures of both bones of the leg, 259.—Best means of cairying patient, 260.—Gentleness in diagnosis, construction of apparatus, 261. —Sling for leg in wallcing about, extra precautions in double fracture of leg with much displacement, 263.—Treatment of blebs; value of digital compression. Compound fractures of the leg, 264.—Treatment of the wouiid, 265.—Value of purgatives, rare cbessing, chloralum, 266.— Fractm-e of the patella, 266-267.
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