Description of a splint, (with plates and cases) : invented for the treatment of fractured limbs / by James M'Intyre.

  • M'Intyre, James.
Date:
[1825]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Description of a splint, (with plates and cases) : invented for the treatment of fractured limbs / by James M'Intyre. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    day, and quite free from pain, rests well, func- tions regular. ^9th—Gets up as often as he chooses, and has been conveyed to the garden and enjoys the open air. July 5th—The limbs are daily extended, and friction used to the joints. \5t]i—Walked across the room on his crutches this day, and feels stronger daily. 26/7^—Walks about the village on his crutches daily. Can walk with freedom without assistance or lameness of any description, and is dismissed cured. Barns, astat. 10. April IJtk, 1820— Received a compound fracture of the femor near its centre, the upper portion protruding an inch through an extensive wound. The Splint was properly adjusted to the sound limb, and covered with a pillow nearly half filled with chaff, and fixed at the angle which the case re- quired ; the fracture was reduced, and the limb laid on the Splint as usual j an anodyne was