A practical treatise on fractures and dislocations . Ajjplication of the many-tailed bandage. Bandage of Scultetus. A modification of this latter bandage consists of a number of separate strips,so laid upon one another, commencing from above, that each strip shall overlapthe other by one-third or one-half of its breadth. This is called the bandage ofScultetus, and it possesses one advantage over the many-tailed bandage justdescribed, especially in the case of compound fractures, in the facility withwhich each separate piece may be removed and another substituted. Somesurgeons prefer to form th
A practical treatise on fractures and dislocations . Ajjplication of the many-tailed bandage. Bandage of Scultetus. A modification of this latter bandage consists of a number of separate strips,so laid upon one another, commencing from above, that each strip shall overlapthe other by one-third or one-half of its breadth. This is called the bandage ofScultetus, and it possesses one advantage over the many-tailed bandage justdescribed, especially in the case of compound fractures, in the facility withwhich each separate piece may be removed and another substituted. Somesurgeons prefer to form the bandage of separate strips, and having overlaid them 62 GENERAL TREATMENT OF FRACTURES. in the manner directed, to unite them again into one by running a threadthrough the whole mass along the centre. Whichever of these several varietiesof strips are employed, the mode of applying them is the same. They are foldedalternately around the limb, being made to overlap and cross upon each otherin front, and only the last strip or two is fastened with a
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