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pieces of iron which ran each side of the leg. At the bottom was affixed a piece of wood to which the sole of the foot was glued
The great fault of this splint was that after the glue had been applied and the foot adhered to it when the handle was turned to screw the leg out (on the principle of a rack) the glue wasn't sufficiently tenacious to prevent the heel of the foot breaking away
When the glue had been applied therefore the M.O. would in addition apply the bandages very tightly winding them round and round the foot. The pain
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