Identifier: postoperativetr00mors (find matches)
Title: Postoperative treatment; an epitome of the general management of postoperative care and treatment of surgical cases as practised by prominent American and European surgeons
Year: 1907 (1900s)
Authors: Morse, Nathan Clark. (from old catalog)
Subjects: Operations, Surgical. (from old catalog)
Publisher: Philadelphia, P. Blakiston's son & co.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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Fig. 21.—Sodium Silicate Dressing.—(Hare.) 128 POSTOPERATIVE TREATMENT. a large piece of muslin into a triangle. Place the two extremities ofthe base-line around the neck and allow the forearm to rest in the loop.The Sling and Chest-binder.—This is a very useful bandage forfixing the arm to the chest, and is used in fractures of the clavicle andhumerus, injuries to the shoulder and elbow. Place one extremityof a triangular sling in place around the neck, flex the elbow, and placethe forearm across the chest; then apply a chest-binder including theupper arm, and fix with safety-pins, after which the other extremityof the sling is folded around the forearm and carried upward around the
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Fig. 22.—The Many-tailed Abdominal Bandage. neck and tied to the one already in place; fasten all these layers togetherwith safety-pins. Adjuncts to Postoperative Treatment.—Of the many modernappliances invented for the comfort and management of patients, wecan refer to but few, and that briefly. Many of these inventions arenot perhaps actually necessary, yet they prove of value in so much thatthey contribute materially not only to the comfort of the patient, butsimplify and facilitate the after-care, and should therefore be obtainedwhen possible. The fracture-bed, especially for use after compound fractures, isnow almost indispensable. There are several varieties or patterns, all ADJUNCTS OR ADDS IN POSTOPERATIVE TREATMENT. 129 of which have proved exceedingly useful. Fig. 23 illustrates Mungersinvalid or fracture-bed. Fig. 24 illustrates the mechanical adjustment.

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