Minor surgery, or, Hints on the every-day duties of the surgeon . axilla, and over the compresses on each sideof the wound. Make a slit in the body of oneside, and pass the cylinder of the other side throughit, by which means the wound will be well this as often as may be necessary. Use. — To unite longitudinal wounds of thechest or abdomen, or to support the parts after theremoval of the breast. INVAGINATED, OR UNITING BANDAGE FOR LONGITUDI-NAL WOUNDS OF THE EXTREMITY. Composition.— One end of a piece of linen, ofsufficient length to make three or four cir-Fig. 80. cumvolution
Minor surgery, or, Hints on the every-day duties of the surgeon . axilla, and over the compresses on each sideof the wound. Make a slit in the body of oneside, and pass the cylinder of the other side throughit, by which means the wound will be well this as often as may be necessary. Use. — To unite longitudinal wounds of thechest or abdomen, or to support the parts after theremoval of the breast. INVAGINATED, OR UNITING BANDAGE FOR LONGITUDI-NAL WOUNDS OF THE EXTREMITY. Composition.— One end of a piece of linen, ofsufficient length to make three or four cir-Fig. 80. cumvolutions of the member, and of abreadth correspondent to the length of thewound, is divided so as to form three tails,about an inch broad, and long enough toembrace three-fourths of the circumferenceof the limb: at a convenient distance fur-ther on, are made three longitudinal perfo-rations, opposite to,and of the same breadthas the tails. The remainder of the band isthen rolled up ; — two common graduatedcompresses also are required. MINOR SURGERY. 105 Fig. Application. — The undivided portion, situatedbetween the tails and the perforations, being ap-plied upon thatpart of the limbwhich is ex-actly oppositethe wound, thegraduated com-presses, a a, areplaced one oneach side of thelatter, at thedistance of about three fingers breadth from itsedges; the tails, b b b, are then passed throughthe corresponding perforations, c c c, and the sur-geon brings the edges of the wound in contact, bydrawing the extremities of the band in contrarydirections : the rest of the application consists infirmly securing the tails by some circulars madewith the remainder of the bandage. Observations. — This bandage may be used inlongitudinal wounds of the upper as well as of thelower extremities. It may often be replaced, how-ever, with advantage, by strips of adhesive plasterover the compresses, and over this a commondressing may be applied, and confined by a single-headed roller: the strips
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