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Report on Progress in the Treatment of Diseases of the Throat
1882
Boston Medical and Surgical Journal
and any force then exerted by the extension bar, whether adjustable or elastic extensiou be used, cannot constrict or press injuriously upon the soft parts beneath, while the solid plaster-of-Paris foundation gives support to the muscles above the thigh, as well as serving to prevent the girth below the joint from slipping downward, the foundation being the segment of a cone with its base below. I can recommend this method of attachment for local joint splints as being free from many of the
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