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Splints presented almost insuperable difficulties, for the wounds had to be dressed two or three times, and however skilfully the splint was arranged, the least movement meant for the patient unendurable agony.
From A Surgeon in Belgium by Souttar, Henry Sessions
Well, I would not go over just to-day," said Dorothy, "for the doctor is to take the splints off her ankle—" "Splints?
From Dorothy Dale : a girl of today by Penrose, Margaret
Splints, ringbones and spavins are the most general examples produced by these conditions.
From Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 by Lacroix, John Victor
Splints can be made of anything that is stiff and rigid.
From Boy Scouts Handbook The First Edition, 1911 by Boy Scouts of America
What are the Signs which shew that the Splints remain in the Fracture after it hath been reduc'd?
From The Compleat Surgeon or, the whole Art of Surgery explain'd in a most familiar Method. by Le Clerc, Charles Gabriel
