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= BOTANIC PHYSICIAN. 
When no urgent s ms takes place, such as pain and swelling _ 
of the arin ili ndage should not be moved for several days ; ry 
_ about the seventh day, in all fractures, e 
coverings, to see whether the bone is perfectly in its place, or not; 
_ for at this period any displacement may easily be put right. 
Sat ots 
é arm should not be used under six weeks. 
it is proper to remove all the — 
d success, the bone will usually unite in less than a montb, but 
FRACTURES OF THE BONES OF THE FORE-ARM. BEG 
The bones of the fore-arm are two, the fore-arm and the outer-— 
arm bones. They are much exposed to injury, and are therefore i 
often broken. When both bones are broken, it is easily known; 
Seat of pain points out 
if the surgeon grasps the limb firmly 
tel and in its place, and we 
of the bones is fractured, 2 
_ above and below this part, and endeavours to move it in different di- _ 
___ It is of much importance to distinguish the direction of the frac- 
_ Uneasy state of the arm, after the bones are united. These incon- 
blamed for them. 
witha roller so tightly as to prevent the bones from slip- 
r places, but without impeding circulation or causing 
plints, the palm of the hand should be turn- 
toward th '; this being the most convenient posture, im 
_ Which the arm ean hang in a sling. The splints should be long in 
order to prevent the motion of the fingers, which would tend to keep 
as ‘The wrist is sometimes partly dislocated along wj racture of 
an, ey ee g with a fracture 
_ the arm bones. [If this is iff joint an 
swelling will be the consequence, eerie 
_ sure, particularly if near the wrist ; for upon this our chance of — 
making a perfect cure depends; and also to prevent the stiffand — 
= veniences should be guarded against, as practitioners are apt to be — 
