. Minor surgery and bandaging, including the treatment of fractures and dislocations .. . Head-support and jury-mast. 100 SPECIAL BANDAGES. These pieces should be placed one over the other andsewed together in the middle line, the seam correspondingto the back of the leg. The leg and foot are then placedupon this, and the inner layer of flannel is brought up infront of the leg and over the dorsum of the foot and madefast with pins. (Fig. 84.) Plaster-of-Paris is next mixedwith water and made into a paste, which is rubbed thicklyand evenly over the flannel next to the limb until a suffi-cient t
. Minor surgery and bandaging, including the treatment of fractures and dislocations .. . Head-support and jury-mast. 100 SPECIAL BANDAGES. These pieces should be placed one over the other andsewed together in the middle line, the seam correspondingto the back of the leg. The leg and foot are then placedupon this, and the inner layer of flannel is brought up infront of the leg and over the dorsum of the foot and madefast with pins. (Fig. 84.) Plaster-of-Paris is next mixedwith water and made into a paste, which is rubbed thicklyand evenly over the flannel next to the limb until a suffi-cient thickness is obtained; the outer layer of flannel isthen brought up about the leg and moulded to its surfaceby the hands. A loosely applied roller may now be usedto hold the dressings in place until the plaster has set. Fig. Bavarian dressing. When it is necessary to inspect the parts, the turns ofthe roller are cut, and upon separating the layers of flannelthe two halves can be turned aside, the seam at the backacting as a hinge. Upon reapplying the splints to the legthey may be retained in position by a roller or by one ortwo strips of bandage. Moulded Plaster Splints. It is sometimes found difficult to apply the ordinaryplaster dressings to parts irregular in their shape, and atthe same time to have a splint which can be removed withease. To accomplish this purpose moulded splints ofplaster may be made by cutting a paper pattern of the partto be covered in, and then cutting pieces of crinoline toconform to this pattern; eight or ten pieces will usuallyform a splint of sufficient thickness. One of these pieces TRAPPING PLASTER BANDAGES. 101 of crinoline is laid upon a table and dry plaster is rubbedinto its meshes ; another is laid upon this and plaster isapplied to it in the same way, and so on until a
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