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Title: Practical podiatry :
Year: 1918 (1910s)
Authors: Joseph, Alfred
Subjects: Podiatry Podiatry Podiatry X-rays
Publisher: New York : First Institute of Podiatry
Contributing Library: Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine
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g the other wide end already adhered to the shield. Another method,differing merely in theposition of the last wideend of the strip B, isas follows: instead of ad-hering this end criss-cross over the posteriorportion of the shield,bring it further towardthe anterior of the toeand adhere it directlyacross and over the aper-ture, fastening the endupon the inner side ofthe toe. This makes awaterproof dressing withnone of the shield show-ing when the dressing iscomplete; it is contra-indicated when a softdressing is desired overthe inflamed parts. Numbers. The othermethod which may be usedis to cut off about six inches of one-inch plaster (although thelength used depends upon the size of the toe), and fashionit as shown in Fig. 10. The split ends are then adhered onthe inner side of the toe, so that the wide portion next tothem is drawn tightly over the anterior surface of theshield. The narrow portion is then carried around theouter side of the toe and is placed, as previously described.
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FIG. 11SHOWING DKESSING COMPLETED SHIELDS AND SHIELDING 127 on the corresponding narrow surface of the toe web, andthe remaining wide end is brought between the toes and\ over the posterior surface of the shield, entirely coveringthe pad and adhering it to the integument on the outer sur-face of the shield, over the metatarsophalangeal joint. Thisalso makes a practically waterproof dressing (Fig. 11). Fifth Digital, Built Up, Half-Moon Shield. In strap-ping a built up half-moon shield in this connection thereare one or two methods which will answer in all cases. Thefirst method is the use of but one strip of plaster, eitherof one-inch or of one-and-a-half inch width. This is placedtransversely across the body of the shield so that no plasterextends over into the aperture, and it is adhered to theintegument on the dorsal and plantar surfaces of the foot.As this shield is so much wider than the toe, it is not prac-tical to encircle the toe with adhesive strips in fastening it.The other

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