. The Pharmaceutical era. toward the body.(Figs. 5-6.) Never bandage an extremity from the turns should be made and the turns reversedwhere the extremity is conical so that the edge will notcut into the skin, but instead the pressure will be uni-form. This is known as a spiral reversed bandage orspica. Figure of 8 turns should be made over the joints,as the knee and elbow. The foregoing rules may be ob-served for the extrem-ities. For the hip andshoulder a spicm,serves best. For theshoulder this bandageis applied by makingtwo or three turnsaround the arm, nearthe shoulder, afterw
. The Pharmaceutical era. toward the body.(Figs. 5-6.) Never bandage an extremity from the turns should be made and the turns reversedwhere the extremity is conical so that the edge will notcut into the skin, but instead the pressure will be uni-form. This is known as a spiral reversed bandage orspica. Figure of 8 turns should be made over the joints,as the knee and elbow. The foregoing rules may be ob-served for the extrem-ities. For the hip andshoulder a spicm,serves best. For theshoulder this bandageis applied by makingtwo or three turnsaround the arm, nearthe shoulder, afterwhich it is carriedover the point of theshoulder down acrossthe chest in front, un-der the opposite armand again across theback to the point ofthe shoulder, fromwhich point it is car-ried around the armto the point of start-ing. This is repeated, wrapping the layers about halfthe width of the bandage until the shoulder is covered. For the hip the bandage is applied in the same way,except the bandage goes around the Fig. 6.—Bandaging Foot and Leg.(After Dulles.) February 24, 1898.] THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA. 283 The triangle is a most convenient bandage and can bemade more readily, since smaller portions of muslin arenecessary and an ordinary handkercliief serves triangle serves best for the head, neck, shoulder, hipor other joints, but where even pressure is desired theroller is best. A four-tailed bandage is used for the chin most fre-quently. Many tailed bandages are used to bandage theabdomen or thorax, and are used by applying the bellyof the bandage in front, crossing the tails in the backajid bringing them forward, where they are tied orpinned. MEDICAL OR GENERAL EMERGENCIES. (a) Unconsciousness may occur as follows: Coma, orinsensibility, allied to sleep, from which the individualcan be only partially aroused and may be due to inhala-tion of gas and known as Asphyxia, or to drugs, as whis-ky and opium, and known as Intoxication. In all of thesecases the p
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