The essentials of bandaging: $b including the management of fractures and dislocations, with directions for using other surgical apparatus — John Shaqi
The essentials of bandaging: $b including the management of fractures and dislocations, with directions for using other surgical apparatusHill, Berkeley
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The essentials of bandaging: $b including the management of fractures and dislocations, with directions for using other surgical apparatus
Hill, Berkeley
Bandages and bandaging; Dislocations -- Treatment; Fractures -- Treatment; Surgery, Minor
=The T Bandage= is used to apply dressings, compresses, &c., to the
anus or perinæum. A roller 3 inches wide is fastened by a couple of
turns round the pelvis, and then fixed by a pin at the middle line
in front. From this point the roller is carried tightly over the
dressings to the corresponding point behind, and returned once or
twice more until sufficient pressure is gained, when it is fastened
off.
=The Strait Jacket= is made of jean or stout canvas. It is cut long
enough to reach below the waist, around which a strong tape is
carried to be drawn tight and tied after the jacket is put on. The
sleeves are several inches longer than the arms, and their ends can
be drawn close by a tape which runs in the gathers; a similar tape
confines the garment round the neck, and it is tied behind by tapes
down the sides. When the jacket is to be put on a patient it is first
turned inside out, then one of the nurses or assistants thrusts his
own arms through the sleeves, and facing the patient, invites him to
shake hands; having thus obtained possession of the patient’s hands
he holds them fast while a second assistant, standing behind the
patient, pulls the jacket off the first assistant on to the patient,
whose hands are thus drawn through the sleeves before he perceives
the object of the manœuvre; the jacket is next tied round the neck
and behind, the tapes of the sleeves are carried round the body,
drawn tight till the arms are folded across the chest, and fastened
to the bed on each side, or tied round the body.
_Manacles for Delirious Patients._—Instead of the strait jacket
a double leathern muff is now generally used to restrain unruly
patients. It irritates them less, and is far more easily applied.
[Illustration: Fig. 10.—Manacles for confining the arms of delirious
patients.]
In wearing it the arms are crossed in front, and a strap drawn
tight round both wrists. Each hand is thrust into a stout leathern
glove, or muff, connected with the wrist-strap, and capable of being
tightened over the fingers by a strap and buckle across the glove.
=To suspend the Testicles.=—Suspensories are made specially for this
purpose. The best are fastened round the neck by a loop of elastic
tape, but a very efficient one can be improvised with a pocket
handkerchief and a piece of bandage. The bandage is tied tightly
round the hips for a girdle, the handkerchief is folded three-corner
wise, and its longest side slipped behind the testes, the ends being
passed over the girdle (see fig. 11), and tied again behind the
scrotum. The loose apex of the handkerchief is drawn up in front over
the girdle and pinned to it, which is all that is required (see fig.
12).
[Illustration:
Fig. 11.—Shawl Suspensory for the Testes, in the first stage of
application.
]
[Illustration: Fig. 12.—Suspensory for Testes completed.]
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