New elements of operative surgery . between the scrctum andthe right thigh, in order to fasten them by a Jtnot or by pins to thecincture above the groins. The triangular bandage, which was used formerly for certainwounds in the neighborhood of the anus, and which is in frequentuse at present for diseases of the inguinal region, (Fig. 110,) is infact the same as that of which I have spoken in pointing out thebandages for the mammary region. It is, therefore, unnecessary torecur to it here. § IX.—Bandages for the upper part of the limbs. The upper part of the arm is subject to so many diseases,
New elements of operative surgery . between the scrctum andthe right thigh, in order to fasten them by a Jtnot or by pins to thecincture above the groins. The triangular bandage, which was used formerly for certainwounds in the neighborhood of the anus, and which is in frequentuse at present for diseases of the inguinal region, (Fig. 110,) is infact the same as that of which I have spoken in pointing out thebandages for the mammary region. It is, therefore, unnecessary torecur to it here. § IX.—Bandages for the upper part of the limbs. The upper part of the arm is subject to so many diseases, that ithas given rise to the suggestion of a number of bandages. Amongthese, however, there are scarcely any other than the figure of 8,the different varieties of the spica, the stellated, (^toile.) and the cape-line, which it can become necessary for us to be acquainted withat the present day. A. The bandage, called Figure of 8, was formerly employed inthe treatment of fractures of the clavicle, (Fig. 111.) We place (Fig. 111.). under each arm-pit a long compress, whose ends are crossed on theapex of each shoulder. We then, by means of a bandage of threefingers width, make an 8, which surrounds the upper part of eacharm, and crosses between the shoulders, to be repeated thus threeor four times, while an assistant, having his knee fixed against thedorsal portion of the spine, forcibly draws the two shoulders order that the turns of the figure of 8, thus made, might rest se-cure, some surgeons placed under their point of crossing a longcompress, or a strip of bandage, the extremities of which were 23 178 KEW ELEMENTS OF OPERATIVE SURGERY. (Fig. 112.) turned hack upon the median line. This handage irritates, and isaltogether useless. B. Spica, (Fig. 112.) The bandage known under the name of Earof Wheat, {epi,) or Spica, is a kind of figure of 8 wilh unequal turns, which are applied on the upper part ofthe arm, the apex of the thorax, and onthe upper part of the thigh a
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