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SUBGICAX THERAPEUTICS. 



Fia. 104.— Perforated Compress. 



Fig. 103.— Graduated Compress- 



by the case. They are commonly used in their entire thickness, 

 but are sometimes made with a hole in their center, and then 

 receive the name of perforated or fenestrated. 



(5) Rollers have already occupied our attention. 



(c) Splints. — These are long, flat, and more or less rigid strips 

 of wood, or other material, designed to be added to other dress- 

 ings, to give them some peculiar form or position, and to consoH- 

 date and strengthen them by increasing their rigidity. They are 

 usually applied upon the extremities or superior parts of the body, 

 and are composed not only of wood, but of hard leather, paste- 

 board, tin, gutta-percha, etc., etc., and maintained in position by 

 bands or adhesive mixtures. They must be carefully and accu- 

 rately appHed in order to avoid chafing or excoriating the skin, 

 and are often padded, and their borders made especially smooth 

 and uniform. 



{d) Plates. — These ai-e small pieces of metal or wood, used 

 principally in the surgery of the foot, to keep in place dressings 

 of the plantar region, which require more or less pressure upon 



Fio. 105.— Plates on Shoes. 



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