. Minor and operative surgery, including bandaging . xtended, andthen may, by the pressure it exerts, become a matter ofdiscomfort or even of danger to the patient, or if appliedto an extended limb it will become uncomfortable uponflexion. My experience has been that, as a rule, those who havehad little experience with the application of the roller-bandage are apt to apply the bandages too tightly, andthis may lead to disastrous consequences, gangrene of theextremities having resulted from the too tight applicationof bandages, especially in the dressing of fractures. Pro-fessor Ashhurst, in hi
. Minor and operative surgery, including bandaging . xtended, andthen may, by the pressure it exerts, become a matter ofdiscomfort or even of danger to the patient, or if appliedto an extended limb it will become uncomfortable uponflexion. My experience has been that, as a rule, those who havehad little experience with the application of the roller-bandage are apt to apply the bandages too tightly, andthis may lead to disastrous consequences, gangrene of theextremities having resulted from the too tight applicationof bandages, especially in the dressing of fractures. Pro-fessor Ashhurst, in his clinical teaching, advised studentsto make use of a larger number of turns of a bandage insecuring fracture-dressings rather than to depend upon afew turns too firmly applied—advice which certainly con-duces to the safety and comfort of the patient. When the 22 BANDAGING. bandage has been completed, the terminal extremity shouldbe secured by a pin or safety-pin applied transverselyto the bandage, and if a pin be used its point should be Fig. Method of removing a bandage. buried in the folds of the bandage; if the bandage be anarrow one, the end may be split and the two tails result-ing secured around the part by tying. Fig. 6.
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