A Treatise on Fractures, Luxations, and Other Affections of the Bones

by P.-J. Desault

[33] The roller or strip with holes in it, which is extended along the fore part of the limb, serving, in some measure, the purpose of a compress.
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[34] That is, without any assistance from the hands of the surgeon.
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[35] Analogous in its form and uses to that employed in fractures of the thigh. It may not be amiss, on this occasion to mention, that in the form of apparatus for oblique fractures of the leg, represented in the Appendix, plate III. no junk-cloth is necessary.
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[36] For a view and description of an excellent form of apparatus for oblique fractures of the leg, constructed on the principles of that here described, see article III. plate III. of the Appendix.
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[37] (Genouilliere.) I believe this was a piece of apparatus made of leather, somewhat similar to the top of a boot, and secured on the limb just above the knee.
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