The sternal fragment may be slightly drawn upwards by the clavicular fibres of the sterno-mastoid, while the Acromial fragment falls by the weight of the arm, and the fragments usually overlap to the extent of about half an inch.
"Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities--Head--Neck. Sixth Edition."
Alexander Miles Alexis Thomson
Another plan is to place a pad over the Acromial end of the clavicle, and fix it in this position by a few turns of elastic bandage carried over the shoulder and under the elbow.
"Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities--Head--Neck. Sixth Edition."
Alexander Miles Alexis Thomson
The tense cords of the brachial plexus of nerves, F, Plate 8, which will be found, for the most part, ranging along the Acromial border of the artery, are a much surer guide to the vessel.
"Surgical Anatomy"
Joseph Maclise