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otherwise, the wound is carefully cleansed with an antiseptic 

 and dried thoroughly, a bandage and splints being applied 

 as for a simple fracture, but a window being left in it in order 

 that the wound may be dressed ; this ' window ' can be 

 formed by placing a pill-box lid over the wound when 

 bandaging, and afterwards removing it by cutting out the 

 parts above with scissors. Particular care must be taken to 



Fig. 216. — Comparison between a Femur which has set naturally (and 

 badlj') after Fracture, and the Normal Bone of the Other Leg.^ 



dress the wound frequently, and to see that none of the 

 discharge runs downwards underneath the bandage. 



Fractures of the ribs are treated by placing a broad 

 bandage around the chest and abdomen as tightly as 

 possible without causing too much inconvenience to the 

 patient. 



Fractures of the jaw necessitate a special splint cut or 

 moulded to the required shape, and kept in position by tape 

 ' For this photograph I am indebted to Mr. Ernest Perry, M.R.C.V.S. 



