A system of surgery / Benjamin Bell . Ch. XLIX. Of Bandages, 479 This bandage anfwers the purpofe bet-ter than any other for making preffure onthe parts at which the viicera protrude,in cafes of umbilical and ventral in fuch cafes it is a point of muchimportance to have the bandage firmlyfixed, we not only employ the fcapularyfor preventing it from flipping down,but a ft rap connected with it behind ispafled between the thighs and pinned toit before to prevent it from flipping up. In Plate XXII. fig. 2. a bandage is re-prefented for comprefling the abdomenin the operation of tapping
A system of surgery / Benjamin Bell . Ch. XLIX. Of Bandages, 479 This bandage anfwers the purpofe bet-ter than any other for making preffure onthe parts at which the viicera protrude,in cafes of umbilical and ventral in fuch cafes it is a point of muchimportance to have the bandage firmlyfixed, we not only employ the fcapularyfor preventing it from flipping down,but a ft rap connected with it behind ispafled between the thighs and pinned toit before to prevent it from flipping up. In Plate XXII. fig. 2. a bandage is re-prefented for comprefling the abdomenin the operation of tapping; and inPlate Vill. different bandages are de-lineated, or TrufTes as they are termed,for the retention of the protruded vifce-ra in cafes of herniae. 9. As it is of much importance in difeafes, as well as in feveral ope-rations, to have the fcrotum properly fup-ported, I have delineated fome bandagesfor this purpofe in Plate XCVII. Thebefl bandage for the penis is a pouch, orbag of linen or cotton, to be fixed byH h 4 a 4Â
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