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will be unnecessary to dwell thereon ; it will be well, 

 however, to recollect this general rule : In cases, where, 

 from the accompanying circumstances and symptoms, a 

 strong suspicion exists that the bone is fractured, it is 

 proper to act as though it were positively ascertained to 

 be so. 



FRACTURES OF THE COLLAR BONE. 



This accident is of common occurrence, and is known 

 at once by passing the finger along it, and by the swell- 

 ing, etc. To reduce it, seat the patient in a chair with- 

 out any shirt, and place a pretty stout compress of linen, 

 made in the shape of a wedge, under his arm, the thick 

 end of which should press against the arm-pit. His arm, 

 bent to a right angle at the elbow, is now to be brought 

 down to his side, and secured in that position by a long 

 bandage, which passes over the arm of the affected side, 

 and round the body. The fore-arm is to be supported 

 across the breast by a sling. It takes from four to five 

 weeks to reunite. 



FRACTURES OF THE ARM. 



Seat the patient on a chair, or the side of a bed, let one 

 assistant hold the sound arm, while another grasps the 

 wrist of the broken one and steadily extends it in an op- 

 posite direction, bending the fore-arm a little, to serve as 

 a lever. You can now place the bones in their proper 

 situation. Two splints of shingle or stout paste-board, 

 long enough to reach from below the shoulder to near the 

 elbow, must then be well covered with tow or cotton, and 

 laid each side of the arm, and kept in that position by a 

 bandage. The fore-arm is to be supported in a sling. 

 Two smaller splints may for better security be laid be. 



