. Bacteriology and surgical technic for nurses. Nurses and nursing; Operations, Surgical; Bacteriology. 84 SURGICAL TECHNIC, or hair, may be constructed from white pine, poplar, or willow wood, ^ to J inch (3-12 mm,) in thickness, cut to measured length and width; they may be of pasteboard or binder's board, molded to shape by soaking in boiling water, or of raw-hide similarly worked ; of felt; plaster of Paris ; starch (dissolved in cold water, after which boiling water is added until the proper consistence is secured) requires from twelve to forty-eight hours to dry thoroughly (Fig. 38); gum
. Bacteriology and surgical technic for nurses. Nurses and nursing; Operations, Surgical; Bacteriology. 84 SURGICAL TECHNIC, or hair, may be constructed from white pine, poplar, or willow wood, ^ to J inch (3-12 mm,) in thickness, cut to measured length and width; they may be of pasteboard or binder's board, molded to shape by soaking in boiling water, or of raw-hide similarly worked ; of felt; plaster of Paris ; starch (dissolved in cold water, after which boiling water is added until the proper consistence is secured) requires from twelve to forty-eight hours to dry thoroughly (Fig. 38); gum and chalk (equal parts of gum arable and precipitated. Fig. 38.—Splint made from plaster-of-Paris bandage. Complete by mold- ing to the part; trim after setting has taken place. chalk, add sufficient boiling water, stirring to obtain a proper consistence of solution), applied upon band- ages; hatter's felt or binder's board may be softened in hot water and molded to the injured parts. The coaptation splint consists of thin and narrow board strips (of bass wood or pine) placed in position (side by side, with a slight interval) upon a sheet of adhe- sive plaster, or they may be quilted between two pieces of sheeting. The splint is held in position by bandaging or by adhesive straps, and may be em-. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Stoney, Emily M. A. (Emily Marjory Armstrong); Griffith, Frederic Richardson, ed. Philadelphia, London, W. B. Saunders company
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