RT Journal
T1 ILlustrated primer on fractures
JF Journal of the American Medical Association
JO Journal of the American Medical Association
YR 1939
FD February 18
VO 112
IS 7
SP 665
OP 665
DO 10.1001/jama.1939.02800070081027
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1939.02800070081027
AB In a new format, with an interleaving of blank pages for personal notes or drawings, there has now appeared a fourth edition of the popular Primer on Fractures. This is the product of the Special Exhibit Committee on Fractures of the American Medical Association under the chairmanship of Kellogg Speed, printed in cooperation with the Committee on Scientific Exhibit of the Association. The new volume fits any book shelf and can be carried in an automobile pocket for ready reference. In it are found descriptions of the elementary principles of fracture treatment, including emergency care for transportation, with brief explanations of cause, ordinary displacements and x-ray appearances of many of the fractures met in general practice, all illustrated by line drawings spread through the text. Plaster of paris bandage making and use are stressed and sage advice is given for its employment. A list of splints and materials which can