Excerpt from The Southern Practitioner, 1912, Vol. 34: An Independent Monthly Journal Devoted to Medicine and Surgery Nashville, Tennessee Compound fracture is treated by thorough irrigation of the joint with mild bichloride solution, followed by saline, removal of loose fragments, and closure, with or without drainage, according to the exigencies of the case. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.