Transcriber’s Note Italic text displayed as: _italic_ Bold text displayed as: =bold= THE ESSENTIALS OF BANDAGING; INCLUDING THE MANAGEMENT OF FRACTURES AND DISLOCATIONS, WITH DIRECTIONS FOR USING OTHER SURGICAL APPARATUS. ILLUSTRATED BY 122 ENGRAVINGS ON WOOD. BY BERKELEY HILL, M.B. LOND., F.R.C.S., Instructor in Bandaging, &c., in University College, Assistant Surgeon to University College Hospital, and Surgeon to Out-patients at the Lock Hospital. _SECOND EDITION, REVISED AND ENLARGED._ LONDON: JAMES WALTON, BOOKSELLER AND PUBLISHER TO UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, 137, GOWER STREET. 1869. LONDON: BRADBURY, EVANS, AND CO., PRINTERS, WHITEFRIARS. PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION. In laying a Second Edition before the public, I have decided not to alter the scope of this little work, but simply to endeavour to increase its usefulness, by remedying omissions, and by adding new instructions where such appeared desirable. I have ventured to insert, as an Appendix, lists of the preparations requisite for the sick room and for the operating room before the ordinary operations of surgery are performed; also, lists of the instruments and appliances requisite, or possibly useful, in performing forty-nine different operations on the human body. It is hoped that, by giving the surgeon a list, such as most operators draw up in manuscript for their private use, whereby they may check their preparations before proceeding to operate, some trouble may be saved. 14, WEYMOUTH STREET, W. _November, 1869_. PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION. The descriptions and directions for using surgical apparatus in the following pages, are those originally prepared for oral delivery in a short course of practical lessons in bandaging and the application of surgical apparatus, given by me in University College Hospital. No attempt is made to include all efficient modes of treating surgical injuries: it is merely proposed to supply the student or practitioner with instructions by which he may refresh his memory when about to employ the ordinary surgical appliances. The drawings are by Mr. R. W. Sherwin, who has taken much pains to furnish exact representations of the apparatus, as it was applied by myself for his delineation. The directions for giving chloroform have had the advantage of Mr. Clover’s revision before publication. 14, WEYMOUTH STREET, W. _October, 1867_. CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. BANDAGING. PAGE _General rules._—Different materials of bandages.—Position of the operator.—Mode of holding the bandage.—Varieties of turns; the simple spiral; the reverse; the figure of 8. 1-3