[p. 296]excavations
like trays, smooth, four inches in breadth and depth, and at such
an interval as to leave room for the lever used to reduce the limb.
In the middle of the bench a square hole is to be scooped out to receive
a small pillar, which, being adjusted to the perineum, will obviate
the tendency of the body to slip downward, and being rather loose
may act somewhat as a lever. In certain occasions a piece of wood
is required, which is inserted into a hole scooped out of the wall;
the other end of it is then to be pressed down, something moderately
soft being placed under it.
Part 39
In those cases where the bone of the palate has exfoliated, the nose
sinks in its middle. In contusions of the head without a wound, either
from a fall, a fracture, or pressure, in certain of these cases acrid
humors descend from the head to the throat, and from the wound in
the head to the liver and thigh.
Part 40
The symptoms of subluxations and luxations, and where, and how, and
how much these differ from one another. And the cases in which the
articular cavity has been broke off, and in which the ligament has
been torn, and in which the epiphysis has broken in which, and how,
when the limb consists of two bones, one or both are broken: in consequence
of these the dangers, chances in which bad, and when the injuries
will result in death, and when in recovery. What cases are to be reduced
or attempted, and when, and which, and when not; the hopes and dangers
in these cases. Which and when congenital dislocations are to be undertaken:
the parts in a state of growth, the parts fully grown, and why sooner,
or slower: and why a part becomes maimed, and how, and how not: and
why a certain part is atrophied, and where, and how, and in what cases
to a less extent. And why fractured parts unite sooner or slower,
how distortions and callosities form, and the remedy for them. In
what cases there are external wounds, either at first or afterwards:
in what fractures the bones are shortened, and in what not: in what
cases the fractured bones protrude, and when they protrude most: in
what cases dislocated bones protrude. That physicians are deceived,
and by what means, in what they see, and in what they devise, regarding
affections, and regarding cures. Established rules with regard to
bandaging:
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