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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    both felt and seen sticking out at the back part of the joint. Treatment.—The patient having been seated, one man must take hold of the middle of the upper half of his arm, and another of his wrist. They must pull against each other, and a third should grasp the elbow with his two hands, his forefingers in front and his thumbs behind, with which he must press on the swelling downwards and forwards. After pulling some little time, bend the arm suddenly, and to the patient unexpectedly, and the bones will slip into their proper places. Sometimes only one bone is out of place, which is thrown forwards, in which case the arm is slightly bent, but cannot be bent to a right angle, or com- pletely straightened, and the palm of the hand is turned towards the body. Treatment.—Pull in the same way as before indi- cated, and suddenly bend the elbow. The arm must be kept quiet in a sling for four or five days. (3) Fingers.—This injury is easily detected by the sticking out of the ends of the bones. It is re- paired by fixing the displaced bone by a clove-hitch, and pulling steadily until the end slips into place. This accident must be repaired at once, or great difficulty will afterwards be found in its manage- ment. (4) Thigh-Bone.—The injured limb is from 1J to 2\ inches shorter than the other, and the toe points