. Minor surgery and bandaging, including the treatment of fractures and dislocations .. . Double roller. A bandage rolled in the form of a cylinder is called asingle or single-headed roller (Fig. 3); if rolled from eachextremity toward the centre so that two cylinders are GENERAL RULES FOR BANDAGING. 17 formed joined by the central portion of the strip, thedouble or double-headed roller is formed. (Fig. 4.) Doublerollers are not much used, and in practice the single rollerwill be found to be amply sufficient for the application ofalmost all the bandages employed in surgic
. Minor surgery and bandaging, including the treatment of fractures and dislocations .. . Double roller. A bandage rolled in the form of a cylinder is called asingle or single-headed roller (Fig. 3); if rolled from eachextremity toward the centre so that two cylinders are GENERAL RULES FOR BANDAGING. 17 formed joined by the central portion of the strip, thedouble or double-headed roller is formed. (Fig. 4.) Doublerollers are not much used, and in practice the single rollerwill be found to be amply sufficient for the application ofalmost all the bandages employed in surgical dressings. The free end of the roller bandage is called the initialextremity ; the end which is enclosed in the centre of thecylinder is its terminal extremity; and the portion betweenthe extremities the body; a roller has also two surfaces,external and internal. Dimensions of Bandages. Bandages vary in length and width according to the pur-poses for which they are employed, and in practice it willbe found that a small variety of bandages will be amplysufficient for the application of the ordinary surgi
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