Minor surgery, or, Hints on the every-day duties of the surgeon . n around the point of the shoulder, andwill thus depress the humeral extremity of theclavicle in cases of dislocation of that bone, pro-vided the arm is also well supported. Care is re-quisite to protect the edges of the axilla, as other-wise they will be cut by the turns of the roller. When the turns of this roller mount graduallyfrom the point of the shoulder towards the neck,it is called a Spica Ascendens, but if its turns comefrom the neck to the shoulder, it becomes a SpicaDescendens. Of course, it is optional with thesurge
Minor surgery, or, Hints on the every-day duties of the surgeon . n around the point of the shoulder, andwill thus depress the humeral extremity of theclavicle in cases of dislocation of that bone, pro-vided the arm is also well supported. Care is re-quisite to protect the edges of the axilla, as other-wise they will be cut by the turns of the roller. When the turns of this roller mount graduallyfrom the point of the shoulder towards the neck,it is called a Spica Ascendens, but if its turns comefrom the neck to the shoulder, it becomes a SpicaDescendens. Of course, it is optional with thesurgeon to make either the one or the other, as itwill depend on the point where the first turn ismade after leaving the arm. FIGURE OF 8 OF THE NECK AND AXILLA. Composed of a roller, five yards long and two inches wide. Application.—Place the in-itial extremity ofthe roller on theside of the neck,and fix it byone or two circu-lars of the neck,loosely applied ;making them, forexample, frombehind forwards,and from left toright. Direct theroller as it comes Fig. 70 MINOR SURGERY. from the left side of the neck over and behindthe right shoulder, confining any dressings thatmay be required either here or in the axilla;come up in front and over the shoulder, and thenround the neck to the left side to follow the samecourse, covering only one-third of the precedingturns, and making a figure of 8, one turn of whichshall embrace the neck, and the other the axilla. Uses. — This bandage is very useful in retainingdressings before, behind,or above the shoulder, andalso to the axilla or base of the neck, as it is easilymade ; and if not drawn too tight does not restrainthe motions of the arm. It may also be madewith a double-headed roller, the body of the ban-dage being applied under the axilla, and the headscrossed upon the shoulder of the opposite side,and then brought round the neck to cross on theinjured shoulder and axilla of the same side. Itis firmer, as thus applied, than the si
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