. Minor and operative surgery, including bandaging . Cutting plaster-bandage upon lead strip. bandage has become firm, the lead strip is removed by trac-tion upon one end of it; and, if the bandage has been entirelydivided, it can be removed at any time without applying plaster dressings to the extremities, evenif their removal is not likely to be immediately required,I usually employ the lead strip, cutting the bandage uponit, but leaving three or four bridges of undivided band- 110 BANDAGING. age, which can easily be divided when the removal of thebandage is finally required. P
. Minor and operative surgery, including bandaging . Cutting plaster-bandage upon lead strip. bandage has become firm, the lead strip is removed by trac-tion upon one end of it; and, if the bandage has been entirelydivided, it can be removed at any time without applying plaster dressings to the extremities, evenif their removal is not likely to be immediately required,I usually employ the lead strip, cutting the bandage uponit, but leaving three or four bridges of undivided band- 110 BANDAGING. age, which can easily be divided when the removal of thebandage is finally required. Plaster-bandages may also be removed by means of asaw devised for this purpose (Fig. Ill); by Giglis wiresaw drawn under the bandage by a string, which cutsrapidly and does not endanger the skin ; by strong cutting-. Hunters saw for removing plaster bandages. shears of various kinds (Fig. 112); or a line may be paintedover the dressing with hydrochloric acid or vinegar, whichsoftens the plaster, so that it can readily be cut throughwith a knife. The incision of the bandage upon the leadstrip or the use of the saw or shears is, I think, mostsatisfactory in removing these dressings. They should Fig. 112.
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