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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    May 5th—Owing to carelessness, he lost his balance and got a fall on his injured side : com- plains of pain on the hip and knee, but has not displaced any of the bones. —On account of the fall he was obliged to have recourse to the use of the Splint for a few days ; cold water to be poured on the thigh from a kettle twice a- day. 23rf—Walked three miles this day with the use of the crutches. 26//^—To my great surprise, I met my patient mounted on an ass, and said he felt no inconvenience whatever from having rode three miles. 30th—Walks with freedom and strength ; the limb is straight, and as long as the other j is this day dismissed cured. George Patterson, aetat. 12 (vide plate, No. 4). Received a compound fracture of the tibia and fibula, an inch above the maleoli, on the 24th of Sept. 1823, owing to a fall of stone from the roof of the pit. The laceration was severe and extensive, exposing both bones above and