Cradle

{kra/-dl) [AS., cradol, a cradle]. In surgery, a wire or wicker-frame so arranged as to keep the weight of the bed-clothing from an injured part of the body. It is employed in the treatment of fractures, wounds, etc. C, Ice-, the suspension over a febrile patient, by means of iron frames, of a number of buckets, kept half-filled with ice, and enclosed in a light covering. Cramp modic{kramp) [Teut.,of kramp~\. tonic contraction A spas a muscle, attended with sharp pain. C, Profe ional, spasm of certain groups of muscles, from their continuous use in different occupations, as Writer’s C, Hammerman’s C, Piano player’s C, Dancer’s C., etc. Crane’s-bill Root. See Geranium. 211