The principles and practice of bandaging : by Gwilym G Davis . ow of the sameside and continue to make figure 8 turns of the healthy axilla andaffected arm, the point of crossing being on the external extremityof the clavicle. The bandage is ended by oblique or horizontalcircular turns, whichever are thought best. (See fig. 93.) Gerdy says lie prefers the above bandage to the more complicated one ofDesaiilt for the treatment of fractured clavicle. Dr. Dulles (Medical News)has recently advocated the use of a portion of this bandage for the same affec-tion. He employs the horizontal circular tur


The principles and practice of bandaging : by Gwilym G Davis . ow of the sameside and continue to make figure 8 turns of the healthy axilla andaffected arm, the point of crossing being on the external extremityof the clavicle. The bandage is ended by oblique or horizontalcircular turns, whichever are thought best. (See fig. 93.) Gerdy says lie prefers the above bandage to the more complicated one ofDesaiilt for the treatment of fractured clavicle. Dr. Dulles (Medical News)has recently advocated the use of a portion of this bandage for the same affec-tion. He employs the horizontal circular turns and those figure 8 turns whichcross on top of the shoulder and embrace the shoulder and elbow in one loopand the shoulder and opposite axilla in the other, omitting the oblique greatest objection to Gerdys bandage is that it does not prevent the elbowmoving backwards and forwards, as do the turns of the third roller of Desault. Figures 94 and 95 are two old forms of bandages for fracturedclavicle, reproduced from Thivet. They explain Fig. 94.


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