. Minor surgery and bandaging, including the treatment of fractures and dislocations .. . age. Use.—This bandage may be employed to apply dress-ings to the fingers and hand in case of wounds or frac-tures. It was formerly much employed in the treatmentof burns of the fingers to prevent the opposed ulceratedsurfaces from adhering, but its use for this purpose hasbeen supplanted by wrapping each finger in a separatedressing and applying a dressing over the whole with afew recurrent and spiral turns of a wide roller, the applica-tion of this dressing being much less painful to the patient,and bei
. Minor surgery and bandaging, including the treatment of fractures and dislocations .. . age. Use.—This bandage may be employed to apply dress-ings to the fingers and hand in case of wounds or frac-tures. It was formerly much employed in the treatmentof burns of the fingers to prevent the opposed ulceratedsurfaces from adhering, but its use for this purpose hasbeen supplanted by wrapping each finger in a separatedressing and applying a dressing over the whole with afew recurrent and spiral turns of a wide roller, the applica-tion of this dressing being much less painful to the patient,and being at the same time equally satisfactory. Demi-gauntlet Bandage. Roller One Inch in Width, Four Yards in Length. Application.—The initial extremity of the bandageshould be placed upon the wrist and fixed by two circular 52 REGIONAL BANDAGES. turns passing from the ulnar to the radial side; then carrythe roller obliquely across the back of the hand to the baseof the index finger, pass the bandage around this and carrythe roller back to the wrist, making a circular turn; it Fig. Demi-gauntlet bandage. should then be carried obliquely across the hand to the baseof the next finger, and so successively until the base ofeach of the fingers and of the thumb has been included;the bandage is then completed by a circular turn aroundthe wrist, (Fig. 44.) The demi-gauntlet bandage may be also applied in sucha manner as to cover the palm of the hand and leave theback of the hand uncovered. Use.—-This bandage may be employed to retain lightdressings to the dorsal or palmar surface of the hand. SPIRAL REVERSED BANDAGE. 53 Spica Bandage of the Thumb. Fig. 45. Roller One Inch in Width, Three Yards in Length. Application.—The initial extremity of the roller isplaced upon the wrist and fixed by two circular turns; thencarry the roller obliquely overthe dorsal surface of the thumbto its distal extremity; nextmake a circular or spiral turnaround the thumb, and carry thebandage upward o
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