TY  - JOUR
T1  - BArrel-hoop splint for fracture of the clavicle
AU  - WATSON LF
Y1  - 1909/02/06
N1  - 10.1001/jama.1909.25420320039003e
JO  - Journal of the American Medical Association
SP  - 467
EP  - 467
VL  - LII
IS  - 6
N2  - Fred. W., aged 10, was struck by a street car on June 4, 1908, and sustained a complete oblique fracture of the middle third of the left clavicle. He was admitted to the New York Polyclinic Hospital and treated in the service of Dr. John A. Bodine.A splint was made from a wooden barrel-hoop long enough for the ends to fit snugly into the infraclavicular fossa while the shoulders were drawn upward, backward and outward, by an assistant standing behind the patient. A short piece of the hoop was fastened to the inner surface of each extremity of the splint. (Fig. 1.)The nails were left projecting to prevent the bandage slipping. This extra piece made immobilization firmer and allowed free movement of the chest in breathing. The ends of the splint were then padded with cotton. A cotton pad was put in each axilla to prevent chafing. While
SN  - 0002-9955
M3  - doi: 10.1001/jama.1909.25420320039003e
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1909.25420320039003e
ER  -