. Minor surgery and bandaging; including the treatment of fractures and dislocations, the ligation of arteries, amputations, excisions and resections, intestinal anastomosis, operations upon nerves and tendons, tracheotomy, intubation of the larynx, ead isthen covered in by transverseturns of the bandage; the firstturn, starting from a point be-hind the ear on one side, iscarried below the occiput to acorresponding point behind theopposite ear, and ascendingtransverse turns are then madeand carried over the head, eachturn covering in about two-thirds of the preceding turn,until the foreh
. Minor surgery and bandaging; including the treatment of fractures and dislocations, the ligation of arteries, amputations, excisions and resections, intestinal anastomosis, operations upon nerves and tendons, tracheotomy, intubation of the larynx, ead isthen covered in by transverseturns of the bandage; the firstturn, starting from a point be-hind the ear on one side, iscarried below the occiput to acorresponding point behind theopposite ear, and ascendingtransverse turns are then madeand carried over the head, eachturn covering in about two-thirds of the preceding turn,until the forehead is reached,and when this has been reachedtwo or three circular turns arecarried around the head from the forehead to the occiputto fix the recurrent turns. Pins should be applied at thepoints of starting and finishing of the reversed turns be-hind the ears, and at the occiput and forehead (Fig. 43).Use.—This bandage may be employed to secure dress-ings to the scalp in cases of wounds or in injuries to theskull, and is used for the same purposes as the recurrentbandage of the head. V-bandage of the Head. Roller Two Inches in Width,Four Yards in Length.—The initial extremity of the rolleris secured by two turns of the bandage around the era-. Transverse recurrent bandage ofthe head. BANDAGES OF THE HEAD. 49 niuni from the forehead to tin. occiput, and when theroller reaches the occipital protuberance it is allowed todrop a little below this, and is carried forward belowthe ear around the front of the chin and lower lip, thenbackward to the point of starting. These turns passingfrom the occiput to the forehead and from the occiput tothe chin are alternately made until a sufficient numberhave been applied, and the extremity is secured by a pinover the occiput (Fig. 44). This bandage may be modified by carrying the turnsfrom the occiput forward under the ear and around theupper lip and back to the occiput, and alternating theseturns with the occipito-frontal turns; if employ
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