New elements of operative surgery . r axilla) may be easily dressed bythe aid of a handkerchief, folded cravat fashion. We place themiddle of the cravat under the hollow of the arm-pit itself, in orderafterwards to cross its two halves upon the corresponding supra-clavicular region. We then conduct one of these in front, the otherbehind, to beneath the sound arm-pit, where they are fastened,(Fig. 122.) If the handkerchief should be too short, we lengthen itby means of pieces of ribands, or, what is as well, by placing underthe sound arm-pit a second cravat, which we should then tie to thefirst
New elements of operative surgery . r axilla) may be easily dressed bythe aid of a handkerchief, folded cravat fashion. We place themiddle of the cravat under the hollow of the arm-pit itself, in orderafterwards to cross its two halves upon the corresponding supra-clavicular region. We then conduct one of these in front, the otherbehind, to beneath the sound arm-pit, where they are fastened,(Fig. 122.) If the handkerchief should be too short, we lengthen itby means of pieces of ribands, or, what is as well, by placing underthe sound arm-pit a second cravat, which we should then tie to thefirst on the shoulder of the diseased side. We may also, v\ ith thesame facility, make a figure of 8 with these two sub-axillary cra-vats ; each one represents a species of ring around the upper part PROVISIONAL DRESSING FOR FRACTURES. 195 of the limb, and nothing is more easy than to unite their ends be-hind, and fasten them between the two shoulders. With the sam&ease, we could, if we had a very long handkerchief, arrange it first. in the manner of a scarf, as worn by womers. making its two halvespass from before backward under the arm-pi is, then fixing them af-terwards to the middle of the scarf between the shoulders. Article VI.—Bandages for the Thorax and Abdomen. The cravat could also serve to surround the chest or belly, andtake the place of the body bandage. But, as it is almost always aseasy to procure a napkin as a cravat, I am of opinion that the bodybandage will, for the most part, render the substitute M. Mayorspeaks of, useless. The handkerchief has the advantage of being capable of con-taining the portions of the dressing for all the regions of the thoraxor abdomen. To the chest we fasten it below, in the manner of a cincture;we then raise up its point, to w^hich having attached a riband, weconduct it, in the manner of suspenders, above the shoulder, attach-ing it to the cincture of the handkerchief. This forms a triangularbandage, which may be applied to the right
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