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

by P.-J. Desault

Fig. 1. A bolster made in the form of a wedge, intended to be placed between the arm and the side of the thorax.

a. Its base, which should fit the hollow of the arm-pit.

b. Its summit reversed, against which the elbow is to be applied.

Fig. 2. The first roller applied for the purpose of fixing the bolster against the side of the thorax.

a a. Oblique casts before, passing over the opposite shoulder, in order to hold it up.

b. Oblique casts from behind, crossing the first ones on the shoulder.

d d. Circular casts round the trunk, covering the bolster, which they fix laterally.

Fig. 3. The second roller, applied to fix the arm against the bolster.

a & b. Portions of the oblique casts of the first roller, left uncovered by this one.