Minor surgery, or, Hints on the every-day duties of the surgeon . ployed dailyby every one who has a cut finger ; a very use-ful application of them can be made in cases ofgonorrhoea; where, when made large, they will rea-dily retain a portion of charpie to the head of thepenis, and by absorbing the discharge prevent itsstaining the linen. They are also very useful inretaining poultices to the head of the penis, or dress-ings to chancres, &c, as they cannot be derangedby the erections. The band in these cases passesround the hips, as it does round the wrist whenapplied to the fingers. LACED OR
Minor surgery, or, Hints on the every-day duties of the surgeon . ployed dailyby every one who has a cut finger ; a very use-ful application of them can be made in cases ofgonorrhoea; where, when made large, they will rea-dily retain a portion of charpie to the head of thepenis, and by absorbing the discharge prevent itsstaining the linen. They are also very useful inretaining poultices to the head of the penis, or dress-ings to chancres, &c, as they cannot be derangedby the erections. The band in these cases passesround the hips, as it does round the wrist whenapplied to the fingers. LACED OR BUCKLED BANDAGES, Are so named from the manner in which theyare confined to the part: as they are usually ob-tained from the glovers and others, I shall onlyrefer to them in passing. LACED BANDAGE FOR THE KNEE. Fig. 98. This is made of an elastic tis- sue, as buckskin or kid, which islined with India-rubber, andlaces at the side, as seen in thedrawing. It is sometimes em-ployed where constant compres-sion is required, as after disloca-tions of the MINOR SURGERY. 121 THE ELASTIC LACED STOCKING FOR VARICES, Fig. 99. Is employed for the com-pression of varicose veins, andalso for the support of tenderand extensive cicatrices of theleg, being occasionally pre-ferable to the ordinary-rolledbandage, as it accommodatesitself perfectly to the form ofthe limb, exerts an equal com-pression throughout its wholeextent, is not liable to becomederanged, and may be readily-worn under a boot. Where itcannot be obtained ready made,slit a common strong cottonstocking down the side, andhem in on each edge a verythin slip of whalebone, and havea few eyelet-holes worked alon gthe edges behindthe bones, as in the corsets of the female. Likethese, it is to be fastened by lacing it up with abraid.
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