Minor and operative surgery, including bandaging (1905) (14586540488)

Identifier: minoroperative00whar (find matches)

Title: Minor and operative surgery, including bandaging

Year: 1905 (1900s)

Authors: Wharton, Henry R. (Henry Redwood), 1853-1925

Subjects: Surgery, Minor Bandages and bandaging

Publisher: Philadelphia and New York, Lea Brothers & co.

Contributing Library: The Library of Congress

Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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muslin.They are applied in the same manner as the ordinary mus-lin or gauze bandage. For this reason they may be usedfor bandages of the head, hand, or arm in patients wThoare treated as walking cases, and who object to the con-spicuousness of a white bandage (Figs. 97 and 98). The Rubber Bandage.—This bandage, which was in-troduced to the profession by Dr. Martin, of Boston, ismade from a strip of rubber-sheeting, from one inch tofour inches in width and from three to five yards in SPECIAL BANDAGES. 95 length, which, for convenience of application, is rolledinto a cylinder. It will be found a useful form of dress-ing where it is considered desirable to apply elastic press-ure to a part (Fig. 99). It may be employed in the treatment of varicose veinsof the legs, in chronic ulcers of those parts where pressureis an important element in the treatment, and may be usedas a substitute for strapping to secure this object. Itsapplication has also been recommended in the treatment Fig. 98.

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Black muslin bandage of head. of swelled testicle in that stage of the affection in whichpressure is indicated. For application to the leg, a rubber bandage two and ahalf inches in width and three yards in length is required. The initial extremity of the roller is fixed upon the footnear the toes and secured by a circular turn ; the foot isthen covered in by spiral turns overlapping each otherabout two-thirds, and a fijnire-of-eiffht turn is made from d6 11A XT)AGING. the ankle to the instep. The bandage is then carried upthe limb to the knee with spiral turns, where it is securedby two tapes sewed to the terminal extremity of the band-age, which are passed around the leg and tied. The band-;>ge need not be reversed, as its elasticity allows it to con-form to the shape of the limb. Care should be taken notto apply the turns with too much firmness; the bandageshould be stretched very slightly; if this precaution is Fig. 99.

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