Splint in Time Saves Limbs
![A Navy corpsman tends to a man on a stretcher A Navy corpsman tends to a man on a stretcher](/content/history/nhhc/our-collections/art/exhibits/conflicts-and-operations/wwii/navy-medical-art-of-the-abbott-collection/splint-in-time-saves-limbs/_jcr_content/mediaitem/image.img.jpg/1493839635298.jpg)
Preparing for all types of wounds and injuries, officers and men train for the healing side of warfare. This is an application of a traction splint on the fractured leg of a "wounded" Marine, a treatment administered at a battalion aid station rather than on the battlefield.
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Wars & Conflicts
- World War II 1939-1945
Navy Communities
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