A system of surgery / Benjamin Bell . H h 4 a 4«3 Of Bandages. Ch. XLVIX. a roller, or two pieces of tape pafltdround the body. The T-bandage, as it is commonlytermed, Plate XCVI. figures. 3. and 4. isufually employed for the retention ofdreffings in affections of the anus and pe-rineum, as well as in fome difordersof the fcrotum ; but in the laft, one orother of the fufpenfory bandages, repre-fented in Plate. XCVII. will for the moftpart be found preferable. 10. In compound fractures of the arm,fore-arm, or hand, where motion of thelimb would prove hurtful, the twelve oreighteen tailed bandag
A system of surgery / Benjamin Bell . H h 4 a 4«3 Of Bandages. Ch. XLVIX. a roller, or two pieces of tape pafltdround the body. The T-bandage, as it is commonlytermed, Plate XCVI. figures. 3. and 4. isufually employed for the retention ofdreffings in affections of the anus and pe-rineum, as well as in fome difordersof the fcrotum ; but in the laft, one orother of the fufpenfory bandages, repre-fented in Plate. XCVII. will for the moftpart be found preferable. 10. In compound fractures of the arm,fore-arm, or hand, where motion of thelimb would prove hurtful, the twelve oreighteen tailed bandage is equally pro-per as in fimilar affections of the lowerextremities; but in fimple fractures aswell as in almoft every other affection ofthefe parts, we prefer a proper applica-tion of the roller. 11. We advifed the uniting bandagefor longitudinal cuts in the head; it an-fwers equally well in wounds of a fimi-lar nature in every part of the extremi-ties, as is reprefented in Plate XCV. E X P L A- FIG^ I FI G •. Mi \ Explanation of the Ptates, 481 EXPLANATION of the LXX. £Oppofite to page 86.] Fig. i. A fplint of timber for a frac-tured leg, A A. Two loops for retainingleather ftraps, as reprefented in the frontview of the fame fplint in fig. 2. CC. B,an opening for receiving the externalmaleolus when the leg is placed upon theoutride. Figures 3. 4. 5. and 6. are perhaps thebeft fplints hitherto difcovered for frac-tures of any of the extremities. Theymay be made of different forms, butone or other of thefe will anfwer any purpofe: They are made by glue-ing 482 Explanation of the Plates. ing a piece of thin timber, about thetenth part of an inch in thicknefs, uponleather. The timber is afterwards cutthrough to the leather, either with afine faw or a knife fet to a proper depth,in the manner reprefented in the figures. Thefe fplints are preferable to thofemade of pafteboard; for while they arelongirudinally perfectly firm, they are
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