A COMFORTABLE ARM-SLING

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2772, 16 May 1916, Page 8

A COMFORTABLE ARM-SLING

The ttoslyn sling,. which, was. devised by a Sydney woman for her own comfort when suffering recovery from a broken arm, ■has been adopted enthusiastically by uoctors for the military hospital patients, and is being freely sent to the front. Tho lady who invented the simnlo yet ingenious, contrivance will not allow her identity to be divulged. She says that the relief and comfort it brought to her, and to the" many others to whom it was passed on, induced her to give it to tho Bed Cross workers, and it isbein" made daily at tho Town Hall and sent forward for use, in hospitals and on transports.

It appears that the ordinary sling induces such pressure on the spinal column that one becomes bowed in spirit as well as body, and this system tends to melancholia. The Eoslyn sling corrects this bv the adjustable back straps, which should lie fastened to tho waist, about . four inches apart. Not on any account should 1 they be crossed. The loose, ends on the arm b>g can be moved as the patient pleases when the position of his arm becomes tired.' Before the device was .given to the Bed Cross its designer had given several away for the use of returned soldiers, and seeing a boy with his arm in the usual uncomfortable-looking .siing she invited him to her home to obtain something a little easier. "By George, this is great," said the boy in khaki, as he cuddled in the injured "limb. "It is so comfy I'll never want to get out of it."

The inventor does not.approve of the sling being made.in kliulci colour. She thinks that if the injured limb were won in a great and glorious cause, the public, who wfil forget soon enough, can never be. sufficiently reminded of it, and the black sling, which shows up better than khaki, should be looked upon as a badge of honour. The lady has thought of a leg sling, .and is getting busy upon her idea before passing it on for the soldiers' comfort.