. Minor and operative surgery, including bandaging . Rolling a bandage by hand. practice. To roll a bandage by hand, the strip of muslinshould be folded at one extremity several times until asmall cylinder is formed; this is then grasped by its ex-tremities by the thumb and index finger of the left hand ;the free extremity of the strip is then grasped betweenthe thumb and index finger of the right hand, and byalternate pronation and supination of the right hand thecylinder is revolved and the roller is formed; the firm-ness of the roller will depend upon the amount of tensionwhich is kept upon
. Minor and operative surgery, including bandaging . Rolling a bandage by hand. practice. To roll a bandage by hand, the strip of muslinshould be folded at one extremity several times until asmall cylinder is formed; this is then grasped by its ex-tremities by the thumb and index finger of the left hand ;the free extremity of the strip is then grasped betweenthe thumb and index finger of the right hand, and byalternate pronation and supination of the right hand thecylinder is revolved and the roller is formed; the firm-ness of the roller will depend upon the amount of tensionwhich is kept upon the free extremity of the strip duringthe revolution of the cylinder (Fig. 2). A bandage rolled 20 B AS D AGING. in the form of a cylinder is called a single or single-headedroller (Fig. 3); if rolled from each extremity toward thecentre, so that two cylinders are formed joined by the Fig. 3. Fig.
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