SPLINT

n. Splisnt. Gr., v jf. Lat., a uJa, ferula. Fr., tcli e, attelle. Ger., Beinbruchlade, Beinriistung, Schiene, Span. 1. Any apparatus composed of firm and hard material to be applied to an injured or diseased part to prevent motion or displacement. [E.] 2. In horses, an exostosis usually found upon the inner surface of the metacarpal bone. [L.] Agnew*8 s. for hip-joint disease. A long s. with foot-piece and perineal band, fitting close against the tuber ischii and intended to support the weight of the trunk; used after the subsidence of acute symptoms. [E, 2.] American hip s. See Davis's s. for coxalgia and Sayre's s. for coxalgia. Amesbury's s. See Mclntyre's s. Anchor-s. A s. consisting of metal loops that fit over the teeth and are held in apposition by means of a rod and nut; used for fractures of the jaw. [" Med. Eiecord," Oct 6, 1888, p. 420 (a, 34).] Ashhurst's wire s. A bracketed 8. of wire fitted with a foot-piece, made to cover the thigh and leg; used after excision of the knee joint. [E.] Bauer's s. See Bauer's APPARATUS (2d def.). Bavarian s. An immovable s. made of coarse flannel soaked in plaster of Paris, gum, or chalk. The cloth is cut to the shape of the part and stitched over the limb. [E. 1.] Bean's interdental s. A s. consisting e entially of a plate of vulcanized rubber, accurately molded to a wax impre ion of the dental arches and kept in position by a chin compre of the same material fastened by an occipito-frontal bandage; particularly employed in comminuted fractures of the jaws. [E.] Billroth's knee 8. A s. consisting of a plaster bandage in which are incorporated two hinged iron strips attached to broad plates. The bandage is allowed to harden, then the front over the knee is cut out, and at the back a transverse division is made. Into this slit are inserted wedges of increasing size until the leg is straight. [A, 520 (a, 29).] Bond's s's for fracture of the lower end of the radius. An apparatus consisting of two s's, one of binder's board and the other of thin, light wood, furnished with a block and edges of thin sole leather, about an inch in height, the whole presenting somewhat the appearance of a shallow trough. They are long enough to reach from a short distance below the elbow to within an inch of the distal end of the metacarpal bones, the block resting in the palm of the hand, and both being well padded with wadding. The pasteboard s. goes upon the back of the forearm. [E.] Boyer's s. for fractured clavicle. A s. consisting of a strong metal plate made to fit between the shoulders behind, where it is held in place by straps A, ape; A2, at; A3, ah; A, all; Ch, chin; Ch2, loch (Scottish); [s. 524]