Minor surgery, or, Hints on the every-day duties of the surgeon . that his patientsuffers but little, and that scarceanything is lost by delay. We now proceed to theJunci-Bags, or the stuffed bagsintended to prevent the pres-sure of the splints against thesides of the limb. These aremade of muslin of the lengthof the limb, or rather, longenough to extend on its out-side from the pelvis to the ex-ternal malleolus, and on itsinside, from the perineum to apoint a little above the in-ternal one. One end of thisbeing sewed up, it is to befilled with bran or chaff tillmoderately full, and then theop
Minor surgery, or, Hints on the every-day duties of the surgeon . that his patientsuffers but little, and that scarceanything is lost by delay. We now proceed to theJunci-Bags, or the stuffed bagsintended to prevent the pres-sure of the splints against thesides of the limb. These aremade of muslin of the lengthof the limb, or rather, longenough to extend on its out-side from the pelvis to the ex-ternal malleolus, and on itsinside, from the perineum to apoint a little above the in-ternal one. One end of thisbeing sewed up, it is to befilled with bran or chaff tillmoderately full, and then theopen end being closed, it will form a cushion ofthe width of the splint, and like the figure. THE SPLINT CLOTH, Is a piece of muslin, a yard and a half long, oneyard wide, and intended to keep the splints to- 236 MINOR SURGERY. gether, and form a kind of box, by being wraptaround them. THE BANDAGE OF SCULTETUS, Which is also sometimes necessary, is made 01strips of muslin about three inches wide, and of alength gradually decreasing from the first This should be long enough to go once and athird round the upper part of the limb, and eachsubsequent strip should be one-half inch prepare and apply them, lay down the longeststrip on a pillow or board, so that the whole mayreadily be placed under the limb without beingderanged, and place each strip so that it shallcover only one-third of the preceding one. 1 henplacing the limb on these (obliquely in regard totheir length, in order to favour their application),commence at the lowest part of the limb, and gra-dually ascend, drawing each strip moderatelytight When it is necessary to change one or moreof the strips, undo the bandage, and attaching the MINOR SURGERY. 237 fresh hand to the soiled one, draw the latter out,and thus place the fresh one in its place withoutderanging the limb. THE EIGHTEEN-TAILED BANDAGE, Is Composed of a strip, three inches wide andas long as the limb, to which are stitched cross-wis
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