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
One head of the roller is taken in each hand, its middle laid over
the compress on the injured temple, say the right; the ends are
carried round the head, one just above the eyebrows to the left
temple, and the other backwards below the occipital protuberance, to
the same point; the ends are then crossed and changed from one hand
to the other to be brought to the wounded temple. Here they are again
tightly crossed, one end being carried under the chin and by the left
side to the vertex, there meeting the other end, which has passed
over the head, in the opposite direction (see fig. 3); at the right
temple the ends are again crossed or “knotted,” but this time they
are passed horizontally round the head. Having done this the ends
are pinned and cut off, or if necessary the knots repeated before
fastening; the first pair, if tightly drawn, usually suffice as well
as several.
[Illustration: Fig. 3.—Knotted Bandage.]
=The Capelline Bandage= is rarely required, but is used when the
restlessness of the patient renders it difficult to keep dressings or
ice-bags in place.
_Apparatus._—1. A double-headed roller, 2 inches wide and 12 yards
long.
2. Some pins.
[Illustration: Fig. 4.—Capelline Bandage.]
The middle of the roller is laid against the forehead just above
the brows, and the ends passed behind the occiput, where they are
crossed, and while one continues the circular turns round the head,
the other head of the bandage is brought over the top along the
middle to the front, passing under the encircling turn, which fixes
it. It is then carried back to the occiput, on one side of the first
transverse band, when again fixed behind by the circular band it
is brought forward on the opposite side of the first, and fixed in
front. This arrangement is repeated until the head is covered in a
closely fitting cap (see fig. 4).
In beginning this bandage, it is necessary to keep the first circle
low down, close to the brows in front, and below the occipital
protuberance behind, or the cap will not fit firmly over the skull.
=A Shawl Cap= is readily improvised with a silk or cambric
handkerchief folded diagonally into a triangle; the base of the
triangle is then carried over the brow, the apex let fall behind the
occiput, where the ends cross, and catching in the apex, come round
to the front to be tied on the forehead.
[Illustration: Fig. 5.—Shawl Cap.]
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