This is to be done by first pulling the two portions of the bone in opposite directions, until the limb becomes as long as the opposite one, and then by applying a splint, and binding it to the part by means of a roller.

Tom redressed the wounds of the trooper and examined the splints on the arm to make sure they had not become disarranged during the night in the delirium of the sick man.

How's about going somewhere and trying traction splints on each other, Miss Bryson?

My ribs seem all right, and in another ten days I shall remove the splints from my arm.

Finally, he placed his feet on the broom where the handle joins the splints, seized the handle near the top with his hands, drew himself up as far as possible, and then launched himself in the air and tried to seize the banana.

The father and mother stood at the hearth and lit the splints in the peat fire, which they passed to the children and servants, who trooped out one after the other, and proceeded to tread the bounds of their little property, going slowly round at equal distances apart, and invariably with the sun.

During the night, poor foolish Dick had picked off the splints from his leg, and now it was as bad as ever.

162.Showing how an Umbrella may be used as a Temporary Splint in Fracture of the Leg.] Never move the injured person until the limb is made safe from further injuries by putting on temporary splints.

The doctor had brought a splint which he put on by light of an electric torch and the man was taken to the station and sent off at once to the hospital.

There was a moment's pause as he searched his pockets for a match, a silence in which he listened as he searched, and suddenly as he was about to strike the sulphur tipped splint there came to his ears a sound that held him chained to the spot.

There is a coat in the locker, Brutus, and you may find some splints and a piece of twine.