TY - JOUR T1 - ILlustrated primer on fractures Y1 - 1939/02/18 N1 - 10.1001/jama.1939.02800070081027 JO - Journal of the American Medical Association SP - 665 EP - 665 VL - 112 IS - 7 N2 - 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 SN - 0002-9955 M3 - doi: 10.1001/jama.1939.02800070081027 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1939.02800070081027 ER -