The operating room and the patient; a manual of pre- and post-operative treatment . bandage of the chest. (FoAvlers Surgery.) the affected breast and obliquely along the lateral and posteriorchest wall to its starting-point. This turn is repeated in order tosecure the initial extremity. Again, starting from the point ofthe initial extremity over the scapula of the affected side, theroller is carried completely around the chest just under theaffected breast. These turns are alternated, each turn covering inits corresponding preceding turn by two-thirds of its width, andthus gradually ascending
The operating room and the patient; a manual of pre- and post-operative treatment . bandage of the chest. (FoAvlers Surgery.) the affected breast and obliquely along the lateral and posteriorchest wall to its starting-point. This turn is repeated in order tosecure the initial extremity. Again, starting from the point ofthe initial extremity over the scapula of the affected side, theroller is carried completely around the chest just under theaffected breast. These turns are alternated, each turn covering inits corresponding preceding turn by two-thirds of its width, andthus gradually ascending and covering in the breast completely. BANDAGING 97 Care should be taken that the affected breast is compressedequally and that the other breast is not unduly pressed upon. Double Breast Bandage.—The first turn of this bandage(Fig. 76) is the same as that of the single breast bandage. Thesecond turn is a circular one around the chest just below thebreasts. The third turn begins at the point of the initial extrem-ity, and the roller is carried around the chest wall to the under. Fig. 73.—Spiral bandage of the chest. Method of securing.(Fowlers Surgery.) surface of the second breast; then it passes obliquely up overthe anterior chest wall and over the shoulder opposite the breastthus supported, thence over the posterior chest wall to thestarting-point. Turn number two is now repeated, then turnnumber one, then turn number three. These turns are repeatedin this order, each breast turn covering in by two-thirds of its7 98 OPERATIXG ROOM AND THE PATIEXT width the corresponding preceding turn, and in this manner bothbreasts are securely and neatly covered. Ascending Single Spica Bandage of the Groin.—The initialextremity of the roller (Fig. 77) is fixed by means of one or twocircular turns around the body just above the level of the iliaccrest. If the rioiit groin is the one to be bandaged the roller
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