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Identifier: annalsofsurgery31philuoft (find matches)
Title: Annals of surgery
Year: 1885 (1880s)
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Subjects: Surgery
Publisher: Philadelphia Lippincott
Contributing Library: Gerstein - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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direction with a square separate fragment driven into the soft tis-sues. The wound was irrigated, covered with wet bichloride gauze,the leg was placed in a fracture box and ice applied. Sedatives ad-ministered for relief of intense pain. Temperature on June 28, 99.2°F. June 29, temperature 102.6, morphine necessary. Good approxi-mation impossible on account of comminution of bone, wound re-mains clean, constant irrigation with 1:4000 bichloride solution.Rontgen ray picture shows lateral displacement and loose fragments.(Fig. 4.) July 2, under ether anaesthesia a longitudinal incision overcentre of inner surface of tibia down to the periosteum, the incisioncrosses the transverse wound of the leg, the broken ends of the tibiaexposed. A large fragment replaced and a silver plate secured withtwo screws into the upper and two into the lower fragment (Fig. 5),suturing the incision and the wound in the integument over the platewith silkworm-gut. Wet bichloride gauze and a straight splint to
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Fig. I.—Showing broken tibia and fibula at different levels.

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