The ship captain's medical guide / compiled by Harry Leach.

  • Leach, Harry.
Date:
1874
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Credit: The ship captain's medical guide / compiled by Harry Leach. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    BEOKEN-BONES, OB FEACTUBES. These are of two classes, simple and compound. A simple fracture is a broken bone with no wound. A fracture is said to be compound when a wound leads from the skin to the broken bone. Broken Lower Jaw.—Usually caused by a direct blow. Symptoms.—On taking hold of the jaw with two hands, the broken ends can be felt grating against- each other, and the regular line of the teeth is de- stroyed. The patient dribbles from the mouth, and speaks in a mumbling manner. Treatment.—A piece of millboard, gutta perch a, or coarse tarred felt, of this shape, is to be soaked in hot water, wrapped quickly in a piece of rag, the centre part placed under the chin, and the ends moulded, whilst soft, to the sides of the lower jaw. Each end of the splint should touch the lowest part of the ear, and, before soaking, it must be cut accordingly. It must be kept in its place by a four- tailed bandage thus—