Minor surgery, or, Hints on the every-day duties of the surgeon . eightor ten yards long, one-half, two, two and a half,three, or four inches in width ; free from hems ordarns, soft, pliable and unglazed to prevent itsslipping. As thus made, bandages are dividedinto two kinds ; — simple, or those formed by theapplication of the roller only ; and compound, orthose resulting from the complex arrangementof the pieces composing them, as in the double Tbandage, &c. SECTION FIRST. OF THE SrMPLE BANDAGE, OR THE ROLLER. The simple roller is prepared from a piece ofmuslin of the requisite length and wi
Minor surgery, or, Hints on the every-day duties of the surgeon . eightor ten yards long, one-half, two, two and a half,three, or four inches in width ; free from hems ordarns, soft, pliable and unglazed to prevent itsslipping. As thus made, bandages are dividedinto two kinds ; — simple, or those formed by theapplication of the roller only ; and compound, orthose resulting from the complex arrangementof the pieces composing them, as in the double Tbandage, &c. SECTION FIRST. OF THE SrMPLE BANDAGE, OR THE ROLLER. The simple roller is prepared from a piece ofmuslin of the requisite length and width, by tear-ing it from the piece and then winding it into acylindrical form, either by the machine or by thehand, so as to form one or two heads, and consti-tute what is called the Single or Double-headedRoller. The machine for rolling them, one of earliest contributions to Surgery, is seen in Figure 30, andconsists of a baseA, and of two up-rights, B B, inwhich runs a spin-dle, G, to receivethe bandage; abroader upright, C,to support a move-. MINOR SURGERY. 41 able frame, F, which, by its pressure, tends totighten the bandage, D D, as it is rolled, andof a screw, E, to fasten the machine to a order to roll the bandage on this, one extre-mity of it should be attached to the spindle bywrapping it round it, and the rest wound up byturning the handle with one hand, while theother directs the course of the band and en-sures its being wound even ; then tear off all theloose threads, as they will not unravel too muchif the cylinder is tightly rolled, but will run towaste if it is loose. Thus formed, the Single-headed Roller consists of a cylinder with two extre-mities ; of an initial or freeend, of a terminal one, or thatfound in the centre of the cylin-der, of two surfaces ; an exter-nal and an internal, and of abody, or portion between thetwo ends. The Double-headed Roller has the same partsexcept the initial end, which iswanting, both ends being herewrapped
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