. Minor surgery and bandaging, including the treatment of fractures and dislocations .. . Anterior figure-of-eight bandage of the chest. Use.—This bandage may be employed to bring theshoulders forward, and to hold dressings to the anteriorportion of the chest. Posterior Figure-of-eight Bandage of the Chest. Roller Two and a Half Inches in Width, Seven Yards in Length. Application.—The initial extremity of the rollershould be placed in the axilla of the left side, and thebandage is then carried obliquely across the back of thechest to the tip of the opposite shoulder; it is next carriedthrough
. Minor surgery and bandaging, including the treatment of fractures and dislocations .. . Anterior figure-of-eight bandage of the chest. Use.—This bandage may be employed to bring theshoulders forward, and to hold dressings to the anteriorportion of the chest. Posterior Figure-of-eight Bandage of the Chest. Roller Two and a Half Inches in Width, Seven Yards in Length. Application.—The initial extremity of the rollershould be placed in the axilla of the left side, and thebandage is then carried obliquely across the back of thechest to the tip of the opposite shoulder; it is next carriedthrough the axilla and conducted across the posterior por-tion of the chest to the tip of the opposite shoulder, and SUSPENSORY AND COMPRESSOR BANDAGE. 69 passed through the axilla to the point of starting. Theseturns are repeated, ascending from the shoulder towardthe neck, until five or six have been applied, the end ofthe bandage being secured by a pin. (Fig. 59.) In Fig. 59.
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