The operating room and the patient; a manual of pre- and post-operative treatment . Fig. 99.—Two-tailed retractor.(Fowlers Surgery.) Fig. 100.—Three-tailed retractorused in amputation of the leg.(Fowlers Surgery.). Fig. 101.—The scultetus bandage. The appearance of the bandage beforeapplication is shown in the upper right-hand corner of the illustration.(Fowlers Surgery.) 120 OPERATING ROOM AXD THE PATIEXT ^ound and in exerting even pressure during paracentesis ab-dominis. In the latter case, as the fluid is withdrawn from theabdomen the tails of the bandage are drawn tighter and tighterso as
The operating room and the patient; a manual of pre- and post-operative treatment . Fig. 99.—Two-tailed retractor.(Fowlers Surgery.) Fig. 100.—Three-tailed retractorused in amputation of the leg.(Fowlers Surgery.). Fig. 101.—The scultetus bandage. The appearance of the bandage beforeapplication is shown in the upper right-hand corner of the illustration.(Fowlers Surgery.) 120 OPERATING ROOM AXD THE PATIEXT ^ound and in exerting even pressure during paracentesis ab-dominis. In the latter case, as the fluid is withdrawn from theabdomen the tails of the bandage are drawn tighter and tighterso as to exert even pressure upon the abdomen. When thescultetus is applied for retaining abdominal dressings the lowertails of the bandage are first brought across the lower part of theabdomen and fastened, then the other tails are alternately broughtinto place, first from one side and then from the other side, frombelow upward. Fixation Bandages.—Bandages in which are incorporatedmaterials that finally harden have been in use since the middleages. The old Arabic physicians Albugerig, Athuriscus, andRhazes used bandages in which were incorporated albumen,gypsum, and chalk. The use of such bandages was appare
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