Molded plaster splint for entire arm, and especially for fractures of the internal condyle, showing proper position for dressing same.
Epiphyseal separations, as well as supracondyloid fractures, should be dressed either with traction in a somewhat extended position, or in that of extreme flexion, called also Jones’ position, according as the fragments may best fall into place in one or the other.
Fig. 295
Molded plaster splint for arm.
Fig. 296
Molded plaster splint for forearm.
The writer has for his own purposes discarded almost all other splint material for the upper extremity in favor of the plaster-of-Paris splints already mentioned. [Figs. 294], [295] and [296], may illustrate the method and purpose of their use; many other modifications can be devised as may be demanded. It is customary, after such a splint is hard and firm, to remove it for a few moments, trim it, smooth the edges, line it with a fresh piece of soft lint or its equivalent, and then reapply it to the arm with a roller or starch bandage, the arm meantime not having been disturbed, but maintained in its proper position, and being restored to the splint and made to take its previous position. Such a splint fits accurately the individual for whom it is made. It is worthless for anyone else; nor should it ever be used again, the intent being to mold a splint for each case which shall serve its individual purpose and none other.