New elements of operative surgery . 167 I. Square Bandage for the Breast, (Fig. 102.) There are two spe-cial bandages which are occasionally used for diseases of the mam- (Fig. 102.). mary gland—one the square bandage, which is a piece of linen sixto ten inches in diameter, having a riband or a band at each oneof its angles; in order to fasten this bandage, we pass its two lat- 108 NEW OP OPERATIVE eral ribands, the one above and the other under the arm-pit of theaffected side, to tie them behind w^ith those of the sound side, wrhichshould also pass, one above and the other
New elements of operative surgery . 167 I. Square Bandage for the Breast, (Fig. 102.) There are two spe-cial bandages which are occasionally used for diseases of the mam- (Fig. 102.). mary gland—one the square bandage, which is a piece of linen sixto ten inches in diameter, having a riband or a band at each oneof its angles; in order to fasten this bandage, we pass its two lat- 108 NEW OP OPERATIVE eral ribands, the one above and the other under the arm-pit of theaffected side, to tie them behind w^ith those of the sound side, wrhichshould also pass, one above and the other under the shoulder. In place of the square bandage, we may use a triangular one,whose horizontal part should be fixed around the chest, while itsvertical should be made to join the other behind the diseased side,in the manner of suspenders. A double T bandage, with largebranches, would fulfil the same indication, but with less regularity. U. The suspensory bandage for the mamma is also made with asquare piece of linen, from which we cut off a triangle, in order tosew the two edges of the division, and thus speedily form a kind ofpurse with a large opening to enclose the mam
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