New elements of operative surgery . C. The Scarf, {echarpe—Fig. 116.) (Fig. 116.). Almost all diseases of the upper extremity require the bandag?commonly known under the name of the scarf. Formerly there 182 NEW ELEMENTS OF OPERATIVE SURGERY. was a large and a smaller scarf, the medium scarf and the grandscarf of J. L. Petit. The ordinary scarf is made with a triangular piece of linen, gene-rally with a napkin, or pocket-handkerchief, folded from one angleto the other. The forearm is placed in the middle of this piece, sothat the point of the triangle is directed towards the elbow. Itstwo extr
New elements of operative surgery . C. The Scarf, {echarpe—Fig. 116.) (Fig. 116.). Almost all diseases of the upper extremity require the bandag?commonly known under the name of the scarf. Formerly there 182 NEW ELEMENTS OF OPERATIVE SURGERY. was a large and a smaller scarf, the medium scarf and the grandscarf of J. L. Petit. The ordinary scarf is made with a triangular piece of linen, gene-rally with a napkin, or pocket-handkerchief, folded from one angleto the other. The forearm is placed in the middle of this piece, sothat the point of the triangle is directed towards the elbow. Itstwo extremities are raised up, one in front, the other behind, as itwere to form a, loup (anse) at the root of the neck ; the extremityof the triangle passing from below upward, and from before back-ward, under the healthy armpit, in order to return to rejoin the an-terior extremity in front of the shoulder of the diseased side, wouldmake a diagonal, as in the preceding bandage. After having fast-ened the two ends of the scarf by a knot or a pin, the middle por-tion of it is spread out
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