Brief instructions in the use of the perfect adjuster / by Zimri Hussey ; engravings by N.H. Taylor, Chillicothe, Ohio.

  • Hussey, Zimri.
Date:
1854
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Credit: Brief instructions in the use of the perfect adjuster / by Zimri Hussey ; engravings by N.H. Taylor, Chillicothe, Ohio. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the National Library of Medicine (U.S.), through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

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    be established, the limb straightened and done up as represented in figure 7. As many splints as the surgeon may think necessary should be applied, and secured as here represented. A roller bandage may also be used in all cases where it is thought advisable, either with or without the me- tallic bands. The special object of their employment has been mentioned heretofore. [FIGURE TIL] The application of the lower half of the double-inclined plane, for the purpose of accomplishing extension and counter-extension, in cases of fracture below the knee, is well represented in figure 8. [FIGURE VIII.] It will be perceived that the knee fork is here fastened upon the upper end of the lower half of the plane, its point of attachment reversed from what it is in the preceding figure, and that, in this place, it is used to effect counter-extension—the padded band being fastened around the limb, and resting against the swell of the knee below the joint, with its loops thrown over the horns of the knee fork, standing upward upon the limb.