ORTHOPAEDIC SPLINTS.

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 118, 12 February 1920, Page 5

ORTHOPAEDIC SPLINTS.

SUPPLIES FOR CIVILIAN PATIENTS.

Under a scheme approved by BrigadierGeneral 1). .T. M'Gavin (Director-General of tho Medical Services) civilians and civilian hospitals will in future fallowed to imrchasc some of the splints and suraical appliances manufactured by experts iti the splint workshops atached to tho Auckland, Rotonia, Trentham, Christchurcli, and Duncdin military hospitals.

The snlint workshoiis arc designed Driniarilv to provido supplies of ortliounedic snlints for the treatment ot' soldier oaltonts. and the fact that they furnish liirht curative employment for a number of soldiei-s is only incidental, saws Air. W. A. G. i'enlinglon (Director of Vocational Training). The authorities think that it is possible now not only to meet the military demand for splints, but to suddlv -civilian patients both with "slock" lines and with splints ordered to suit tho peculiar requirements of individuals. Persons wishing to purchase eplints should annlv to the location Accountant at one or other of the military hosoilals named above. Sometimes applicants will have to attend at the hospital in order to be titled. In such cases I he. medical officer in charge will examine the snlints, and will let them bo sent out onlv if lie considers thorn satisfaclorv. . . At first, possiblv, the. supply will not emial the demand, but the authorities believe that l.hev will 1)0 able to_ sell snlints to the public in ineieasingly larcc numbers as time goes on. the old rule "First come, first served, is to determine the order in which lequests will bo met. ~ ... , An exhibit of orthopaedic splints and •Mir'Mcai ituulianee-: made at I rentham wiU be. sent to the medical conference Ilial is to be held in Dunetlin this month. After Ihe conference the exhibil; will bo displayed in Wellington.