. The Pharmaceutical era. esirability of immediate removal. Thedoctor should be summoned at once, and he must beinformed as to the condition, and be prepared to performtracheotomy (or opening the windpipe through the throat)in order that the object may be removed. Foreign bodies in the Ear do little damage, indeed theydo less damage if left alone than is caused by an un-skilful effort at removal, as it is not an unusual accidentto injure the ear drum by pushing the object in againstit. Unless easily removed the physician should be calledupon. BANDAGING. For convenience of application and to ac
. The Pharmaceutical era. esirability of immediate removal. Thedoctor should be summoned at once, and he must beinformed as to the condition, and be prepared to performtracheotomy (or opening the windpipe through the throat)in order that the object may be removed. Foreign bodies in the Ear do little damage, indeed theydo less damage if left alone than is caused by an un-skilful effort at removal, as it is not an unusual accidentto injure the ear drum by pushing the object in againstit. Unless easily removed the physician should be calledupon. BANDAGING. For convenience of application and to accomplish spe-cial purposes, bandages are made in rolls, triangles andsquares. Four-tailed or many tailed bandages are ofservice in certain cases. The ordinary roller bandage is of most universal ser-vice and is made from cheap muslin, or of old sheets orbolster cases. In applying a bandage the roll must be taken in theright hand, the back of the bandage held to the skinwith the left thumb resting on the end. Begin bandag-. Flg. 5.—Bandaging Hand and Arm. (After Dulles.)ing at the toes or at the fingers and go toward the body.(Figs. 5-6.) Never bandage an extremity from the turns should be made and the turns reversedwhere the extremity is conical so that the edge will notcut into the skin, but instead the pressure will be uni-form. This is known as a spiral reversed bandage orspica. Figure of 8 turns should be made over the joints,as the knee and elbow. The foregoing rules may be ob-served for the extrem-ities. For the hip andshoulder a spicm,serves best. For theshoulder this bandageis applied by makingtwo or three turnsaround the arm, nearthe shoulder, afterwhich it is carriedover the point of theshoulder down acrossthe chest in front, un-der the opposite armand again across theback to the point ofthe shoulder, fromwhich point it is car-ried around the armto the point of start-ing. This is repeated, wrapping the layers about halfthe width of the bandage until th
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