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Excerpt from The Use and Application of an Improved Apparatus for Particular Fractures and Dislocations of the Extremities: Illustrated by Cuts and Cases, With Remarks When there is fracture of both the thigh and leg on the same side, as in one case in which I assisted the attendant surgeon in the early treat ment, extension should be made from the ankle and also from a well quilted and padded band laced on above the knee, by weights suspended over separate pollies. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.