PART I PAGE
Tue ROLLER BANDAGE........ 12 Making a Roller Bandage. 15 Plaster Bandages. 20 Application of the Roller Bandage. 24 ‘The Fundamental Bandages. . 30 Special Bandages. . 40 Bandage of One Finger. 40 Demigauntlet 43 Gauntlet. . 44 Spica of the Thum| 47 Bandage of the Hand. 48 Spiral Reverse of the Forearm. 50 Figure-of-8 of the Elbow 52 Spica of the Shoulder. . . 33 Figure-of-8 of Head and Neck. . 56 Figure-of-8 of Head and Chin. 57 Occipitofrontal Bandage 58 Oblique of the Jaw... . 59 Double Oblique of the Jaw. or Barton’s Bandage. . . 63 Gibson’s Bandage. .. a 65 Monocle, or Bandage of One Eye 66 Binocle, or Bandage of Both Eyes... . 69 Bandage for the Ear or Mastoid Process. B Skull-Cap, or Recurrent of the Scalp, with Single Roller. 74 Skull-Cap, or Recurrent of the Skull, with Double Roller. 76 Skull-Cap, or Recurrent of the Scalp, with Two Rollers. 73 Transverse Recurrent of the Scalp. 79 Figure-of-8 of Neck and Axilla. . 80 Figure-of-8 of Back and Shoulders. 82 Ascending Spiral of the Chest. 83 Suspensory of the Breast . 84 Suspensory of Both Breasts. 86 Figure-of-8 of the Breasts. . 89 Desault’s Bandage 90
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‘Tue TarLep BANDAGES. .. The Bandage of Scultetus. . The Single T-Bandage. . .. Double T-Bandage....... Four-Tailed Bandage of the Scalp. The Many-Tailed Bandage of the Abdomen ‘The Boston Y-Bandage...............26.2
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Velpeau’s Bandage Davis Bandage to Confine the Arm to the Side. Crossed Bandage of the Perineum. Spica of the Foot Spiral of the Heel, or the American Heel. Bandages of the Leg Spiral Reverse of the Lower Extremity Figure-of-8 of the Leg .
Modified Figure-of-8 of the Leg. Modified Spiral Reverse of the Leg Figure-of-8 of the Knee. Spiral Reverse of the Thigh. . Spica of the Groin. . . ssi Double Spica of the Groin. .
FART II
HANDKERCHIEF BANDAGES 130 Special Handkerchief Bandages. 132 ‘The Occipitofrontal Triangle. 132
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Posterior Triangle of the Shoulders. . . 133 Thoracicoscapular Triangle. . .. 134 Suspensory Triangle of the Breast. 136 Brachiocervical Triangle 137 Triangle of the Hand. 137 Sacropubic Triangle. . 138 Tliofemoral Triangle. . 139
Triangular Knee-cap........ 0.000000 gevscceeaeeeeeeeeeeeee 140
Triangle of the Foot . 140 Mentovertico-occipital Cravat. . 143 The Bisaxillary Cravat 143 The Brachiocervical Cravat 143 Cravat for the Hand. . 145
BANDAGING
Banpacinc is not an exact science. It is an art which can be acquired only through a correct conception of the object to be accomplished by a bandage, study of the principles underlying its application, and persistent practice in apply- ing it.
Accomplishment of purpose, rather than creation of a thing of beauty, should underlie every attempt to apply a bandage. A “pretty” bandage may not be properly applied, it is not necessarily free from defects, it may do considerable harm; one properly applied fulfils the object of the bandage, does no harm, and is usually pleasing to the eye.
Bandages are used to hold dressings or splints in place; to exert pressure; to deplete a part of its blood supply; to restrict or limit motion; to support a part of the body. They are divided into three large classes—the roller, the tailed, and the handkerchief—so named because of their physical characteristics rather than the uses to which they are put. The roller bandage affords the widest range of usefulness, as it is applicable to any of the objects of a bandage; the tailed bandage, although limited in its usefulness, is unsurpassed in certain selected instances; the handkerchief bandage is very useful in emergencies and, with few exceptions, should be used only in that capacity.
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