Modern surgery, general and operative (1919) (14783667592)

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Title: Modern surgery, general and operative

Year: 1919 (1910s)

Authors: Da Costa, J. Chalmers (John Chalmers), 1863-1933

Subjects: Surgery, Operative

Publisher: Philadelphia : Saunders

Contributing Library: Columbia University Libraries

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and trivial shoulder-flattening, no crepitus unless the tuber-osity is broken off, no mobility, and, as Erichsen says, the head of the bone,while it can be felt through the axilla, is not in the axis of the limb. The prognosis of fracture of the anatomical neck is usually good for bonyunion (Hamilton, Pick, and R. W. Smith), but a stiff joint is apt to result. Treatment.—Feel the pulse to be sure the artery is untorn. In most casesan anesthetic should be given in order to examine with ease and dress withsatisfaction. Sometimes the fragments are readily coaptated; occasionallythey are not. In a case reported by Carl Beck the axes of the fragmentswere at right angles and they could only be kept in contact by holding thearm at a right angle to the body (New York Med. Jour., April 5, 1902).Albee, of New York, reported a series of these fractures treated by wiring andmaintaining the arm at a right angle with the body. The result was com- iRev. de Chir., vol. viii, 1888. SPLINTS. ILAIE 7,

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I. Fracture-box. 2. Double Inclined Plane Fracture-box. 3. Jaw-cup (unfolded). 4. Jaw-cup(folded). 5. Anterior Angular Splint. 6. Internal Angular Splint. 7. Bond Splint. 8. Shoulder-cap.9. Dupuytren Splint in Potts Fracture. 10. Agnew Splint for Fracture of the Metacarpus. 11. AgnewSplint for Fracture of the Patella. 12. Agnew Splint applied. 13. Strapping the Chest in FracturedRibs. 14. Extension Apparatus in Fracture of the Femur. 15, 16. Adhesive Strips for ExtensionApparatus. Fractures of the Anatomical Neck of the Humerus 635 plete preservation of function. Some surgeons treat this fracture by simplyhanging the wrist in a sling and suspending a bag of shot from the elbow tomake extension. The usual plan of treatment is as follows: abduct the arm to

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