Simple wooden splints of plain deal board or yellow pine, sawn to the appropriate length and width; or Gooch's Splinting, which consists of long strips of soft wood, glued to a backing of wash-leather, are the most useful materials.
"Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities--Head--Neck. Sixth Edition."
Alexander Miles Alexis Thomson
Displacement and crepitus are prevented by the Splinting action of the ligaments.
"Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities--Head--Neck. Sixth Edition."
Alexander Miles Alexis Thomson