. Bacteriology and surgical technic for nurses. Nurses and nursing; Operations, Surgical; Bacteriology. BANDAGING AND DRESSINGS. 83 the thighs and pinned to the front of the bandage. This keeps the bandage from wrinkling and retains it in position. Greater security will be obtained in male patients if the tail be torn half way down its middle, the two strips being then brought up over each groin space. A simple form of this bandage may be made from a width of flannel i yard long. Placed smoothly beneath the patient's back, its ends are torn nearly through in strips or tails, each 6 or 8 inches
. Bacteriology and surgical technic for nurses. Nurses and nursing; Operations, Surgical; Bacteriology. BANDAGING AND DRESSINGS. 83 the thighs and pinned to the front of the bandage. This keeps the bandage from wrinkling and retains it in position. Greater security will be obtained in male patients if the tail be torn half way down its middle, the two strips being then brought up over each groin space. A simple form of this bandage may be made from a width of flannel i yard long. Placed smoothly beneath the patient's back, its ends are torn nearly through in strips or tails, each 6 or 8 inches wide. It is applied by overlapping and alter- nating the tails, which are to be then snugly fastened with safety pins or adhesive Fig. 36.—The Scultetus bandage. Fig. 37.—T-bandage. 'X-bandage.—The T-bandage, which is used to se- cuie dressings on the anus or the perineum, is made up of two strips of bandage, each about 5 inches wide. To the middle of one strip, which is to go around the waist, the end of the other strip is sewed, which forms a letter T. This latter strip is brought forward between the thighs and pinned to the front, thus securing the perineal dressing. Splints^ padded with cotton-batting, oakum, wool,. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Stoney, Emily M. A. (Emily Marjory Armstrong); Griffith, Frederic Richardson, ed. Philadelphia, London, W. B. Saunders company
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