A system of surgery / Benjamin Bell . Ch. XLIX. Of Bandages. 473 they are intended is accomplished. Thisbeing obtained* no advantage can ac-crue from them, and they often do harmby impeding the growth of the partsupon which they are applied* 5. We have found it neceflary in thecourfe of this work to mention banda-ges for many parts of the body. Infpeaking farther of bandages for parti-cular parts, we fhall begin with the head,and proceed downwards to the trunk ofthe body and extremities. One of thebeft bandages for all the upper and backparts of the head, for the fore-head, ears,and temples, i
A system of surgery / Benjamin Bell . Ch. XLIX. Of Bandages. 473 they are intended is accomplished. Thisbeing obtained* no advantage can ac-crue from them, and they often do harmby impeding the growth of the partsupon which they are applied* 5. We have found it neceflary in thecourfe of this work to mention banda-ges for many parts of the body. Infpeaking farther of bandages for parti-cular parts, we fhall begin with the head,and proceed downwards to the trunk ofthe body and extremities. One of thebeft bandages for all the upper and backparts of the head, for the fore-head, ears,and temples, is a night-cap, with oneband to tie it before, and another be-neath the chin, as is reprefented in PlatsXCIV. fig. 1. The Couvre-chef of theFrench, reprefented in fig. 2. is moft fre-quently ufed for thefe parts % but it canneither be applied with fuch firmnefs orneatnefs as the night-cap. For the purpofe of making compref-iion on any particular part of the head. Vol. VI. H h the 474 Of Bandages. Ch. XLIX. the Radiated Bandage, as it
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