The international encyclopaedia of surgery; a systematic treatise on the theory and practice of surgery . Nicaises elastic belt for compressingthe arteries of the extremities, and thus re-straining traumatic hemorrhage. (Esmarch.) Nicaises elastic belt applied to the arm for com-pressing the brachial artery. (Esmarch.) and may then be energetically pressed down upon that vessel by several figure-of-eight turns of a strong India-rubber roller bandage. (Fig. 369.) Should there be no abdominal tourniquet at hand, a pad may be improvisedin the following manner:—A strong linen bandage about ei^ht y
The international encyclopaedia of surgery; a systematic treatise on the theory and practice of surgery . Nicaises elastic belt for compressingthe arteries of the extremities, and thus re-straining traumatic hemorrhage. (Esmarch.) Nicaises elastic belt applied to the arm for com-pressing the brachial artery. (Esmarch.) and may then be energetically pressed down upon that vessel by several figure-of-eight turns of a strong India-rubber roller bandage. (Fig. 369.) Should there be no abdominal tourniquet at hand, a pad may be improvisedin the following manner:—A strong linen bandage about ei^ht yards longand four inches broad, is wound around the middle of a stick about a footlong, and having the thickness of a thumb. This pad is placed just belowthe umbilicus, and is kept in position by an assistant. It should then bepressed with considerable force against the spinal column by many turns ofan elastic bandage, four inches in width, each of which is wound around thebody at the loins. (Fig. 370.) But if circular compression of the abdomen be undesirable, the linen band-age should be wound ar
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