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Title: Dr. Hood's plain talks about the human system : the habits of men and women - the causes and prevention of disease - our sexual relations and social natures - embracing common sense medical adviser...
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: Hood, G. Durant
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Publisher: Chicago : Hood Medical Book Co.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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sterwill have become loose, owing to the subsidence of the swelling,and must be renewed, the old plaster being most easily removedby slipping the blunt end of a pair of scissors beneath it on oneside of the foot, and dividing it so that it can be taken awayin one piece. For a sprain of moderate severity the plasterwill require renewing three or four times; but even whenits use is abandoned, it will be advisable to employ a bandageor an elastic foot-piece for some time, as the foot will stillrequire support. A sprain of one of the larger joints, and espe-cially of the knee, is a serious injury; and if any severe symp-toms show themselves, immediate recourse must be had tomedical aid. When a knee merely gives way occasionally under a person whenwalking, and there is no swelling or heat about the part, it will often be of service tosupport the joint with a knee-cap, which may be of elastic material, and is bettermade to lace up than to draw over the leg. When the join* continues weak for
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Fig. 14. FEACTURES, DISLOCATIONS, BURNS, AND SCALDS. 703 some time, it may be advantageously treated like an ankle by strapping, theplaster being cut long enough to go once and a half round the joint, and aboutan inch in width. The straps are then made to overlap in regular series, frombelow upwards, crossing in front until the joint is completely covered, as seen inthe illustration (Fig. 14). A Strain is much the same as a sprain, except that it does not necessarily occurin the neighbourhood of a joint It consists in the tearing of some tendonous ormuscular fibres, and is generally the result of some violent and unwonted exertion.The treatment consists in obtaining rest and support for the part by careful ban-daging, the use of a sling, &c. The term a strain is sometimes applied by thelower classes to the occurrence of a rupture from some violent exertion. If anyswelling should be noticed in the neighbourhood of the groin after some exertionor athletic exercise, a surgeon should

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