The principles and practice of bandaging - by Gwilym G. Davis (1891) (14596719960)

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Title: The principles and practice of bandaging : by Gwilym G. Davis
Year: 1891 (1890s)
Authors: Davis, Gwilym G. (Gwilym George), 1857-1918
Subjects: Bandages and bandaging Bandages
Publisher: Detroit : G.S. Davis
Contributing Library: Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine
Digitizing Sponsor: Open Knowledge Commons and Harvard Medical School



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laces that it is very difficult to cover satisfactorily with,a roller bandage, as the gluteal region. When an application has been made to a part that requires fre-^quent attention, the handkerchief bandage allows ready access toit; thus in contusions of the shoulder in which it is desired to apply^an evaporating lotion, the triangular cap retains the dressing well,and at the same time by freeing and turning down the point of thetriangle, the dressing can at once be inspected. They are also useful as provisional dressings in war and casesof accident. The roller bandage is sometimes impossible to obtain,while the handkerchief is found everywhere, and a person possess-ing some knowledge of the subject, can with the exercise of a littleingenuity, adapt them to almost any form of injury. Materials.—Handkerchief bandages are made with cotton, linenor silk squares, of various sizes, according to the parts to be covered.. The material used should be thin and pliable. If unbleached (48) 130
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PLATE XXII. BANDAGING. 4» muslin is employed, it should be the thinnest obtainable. Cheese-cloth often makes an excellent handkerchief, particularly when alarge one is desired. Large linen or silk handkerchiefs are alsogood. The handkerchief is rarely employed in the form of a square,but is folded into various shapes, according to the use to which itis to be put. When folded across its middle from side to side, it forms arectangle or oblong, as seen in figure llV. When folded diagonally across from corner to corner, as seen infigure 118, it forms the triangle. The longest side of the triangle is its base. The angles at each end of the base are called the extretnities orends of the triangle, and the angle opposite to the base is called itsapex or point. When a triangle is folded from side to side repeatedly, the apexbeing laid towards the base, it forms the cravat. (See fig. 119.) A twisted cravat is called a cord. It is rarely used. In naming the handkerchief bandages, the first port