A practical treatise on fractures and dislocations . Application of the roller by circular and reversed turns. Many-tailed bandage. it ought to be done; and if we failin accomplishing all that we wishto do in the first instance, wemust remain incessantly watchfulto seize the earliest opportunitywhich presents, to complete theadjustment. No doubt our effortswill prove fruitless very much inproportion to the amount of swell-ing, inflammation, or muscularspasm which exists, and also inproportion to the time which haselapsed, but this will not excuseus for omitting to do all which thecircumstances
A practical treatise on fractures and dislocations . Application of the roller by circular and reversed turns. Many-tailed bandage. it ought to be done; and if we failin accomplishing all that we wishto do in the first instance, wemust remain incessantly watchfulto seize the earliest opportunitywhich presents, to complete theadjustment. No doubt our effortswill prove fruitless very much inproportion to the amount of swell-ing, inflammation, or muscularspasm which exists, and also inproportion to the time which haselapsed, but this will not excuseus for omitting to do all which thecircumstances has been the practice of most surgeons, for a long period, to coverthe broken limb with some form of a bandage or roller before apply-ing the lateral splints. Of these primary dressings there are two principal varieties: first,the roller or simple bandage, applied to the limb in circular andreversed turns; and, second, the many-tailed bandage, consisting ofa piece of muslin, or other cloth, torn down from each side into asuitable number
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