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unusual looseness at the seat of fracture. Any movement 

 causes a scraping together of the broken ends of the bone, 

 which can be felt, and sometimes heard. Often the limb is 

 shortened, and there is an un- 

 evenness along the surface at 

 the broken place. 



Do not move the person until 

 you have made the limb safe 

 from further harm by putting 

 on splints. By careless hand- 

 ling, or by attempting to use 

 the limb, we may sometimes 

 convert a simple break into a 

 compound one, by forcing the 

 fractured bone through the skin. 



FIG. 47. Showing how a tempo- 

 rary splint may be put on a broken 

 leg. 



FIG. 48. Showing how a temporary 

 splint and a sling may be put on a 

 broken arm. 



It then becomes a much more formidable injury. Seizing the 

 hand or foot, as the case may be, pull steadily, but firmly and 

 in a straight line, until you bring the limb into as natural 

 a position as possible, and secure with splints and bandages. 

 If it is the arm, it should then be put in a sling ; but if the 



