New elements of operative surgery . ot being enabled to act in a circular direction, weare obliged to employ special pieces, that are fastened by means ofa roller bandage. Thus, we have an upper piece represented bythe extremity of a bandage of greater or less length and width ; inthe portion of this bandage which is to rest on the wound, we make 152 NEW ELEMENTS OF OPEEATIVE SURGERY. long slits or openings; we then have a second piece of linen, ofnearly the same dimensions, and whose upper extremity is to hedivided into two or three strips. In joining and crossing the dividedparts of the two
New elements of operative surgery . ot being enabled to act in a circular direction, weare obliged to employ special pieces, that are fastened by means ofa roller bandage. Thus, we have an upper piece represented bythe extremity of a bandage of greater or less length and width ; inthe portion of this bandage which is to rest on the wound, we make 152 NEW ELEMENTS OF OPEEATIVE SURGERY. long slits or openings; we then have a second piece of linen, ofnearly the same dimensions, and whose upper extremity is to hedivided into two or three strips. In joining and crossing the dividedparts of the two pieces of bandage, we obtain nearly the samefigure as by the uniting bandage for longitudinal wounds. When we wish to apply this bandage, we fasten the inferior partto the lower part of the leg if we are treating the abdominal ex-tremity, and the superior portion around the thigh, by means ofcircular turns, (Fig. 92,) taking care to fold the unperforated ex-tremity under each turn of the bandage, in order to fasten it as (Fig. 92.). firmly as possible. When the roller bandage reaches both aboveand below to the neighborhood of the wound, the surgeon, havingcharged two assistants with the head of each bandage, passes thestrips of the lower piece into the openings of the upper piece, slipsthe graduated compress underneath and across, draws upon thesetwo pieces in an opposite direction, and applies to the wound the per-forated linen, lint, or any other object he judges necessary; when allthe parts of the dressing are properly crossed, and each one prop-erly applied in its place, he continues to unroll the upper bandagefrom above downward, until it is entirely exhausted. He does thesame with the lower bandage, which enables him thus to completethe roller bandage, by enveloping what may remain uncoveredof the uniting slips. This bandage might be replaced by twobandages in T, with two to three or four vertical branches. Butthen it would be necessary also to use a bandage of great leng
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