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Show SURGEONS USE TUNING FORK. New Method by Which Fractures Are Located. A very simple method of locating fractures In bones, particularly In long ones, by tbn aid of a tuning fork, la proposed by a Chicago surgeon. sur-geon. A stethoscope Is placed over the bone as near ns posnlhlc to tbe point of suspected fracture and on tho aide where the skin Is thlnncHt. Then a vibrating tuning fork is placed against the IIchIi near the bone, but on the other side of the fracture If possible. If tho lsino Is continuous, a distinct clear sound will be heard In the stethoscope, steth-oscope, but If tho break Is between be-tween the two, this sound will be faint and Irregular, as the vibrations will not bo transmitted past tlie break, of course this method '-ends upon the fnct that hard i 1 an excellent conductor of vlliraiioa, while tlssuo Is not. Perhapa even a mora valuable application of tbla Idea would hn In tin, ling nut when a break bas knitted prop, rly. for when the Joining Is again perfect tho sound will bo aa clear as that of an uubrukea bono. Colller a Weekly. |