. Minor surgery and bandaging; including the treatment of fractures and dislocations, the ligation of arteries, amputations, excisions and resections, intestinal anastomosis, operations upon nerves and tendons, tracheotomy, intubation of the larynx, in. Length.—The initial extrem-ity of the roller should beplaced in the axilla of oneside, and the bandage is thencarried obliquely across the anterior portion of the chest Spiral bandage of the chest. 70 BANDAGING. to the shoulder of the opposite side ; it is then carriedbackward around the shoulder and through the axilla, andis next conduct


. Minor surgery and bandaging; including the treatment of fractures and dislocations, the ligation of arteries, amputations, excisions and resections, intestinal anastomosis, operations upon nerves and tendons, tracheotomy, intubation of the larynx, in. Length.—The initial extrem-ity of the roller should beplaced in the axilla of oneside, and the bandage is thencarried obliquely across the anterior portion of the chest Spiral bandage of the chest. 70 BANDAGING. to the shoulder of the opposite side ; it is then carriedbackward around the shoulder and through the axilla, andis next conducted obliquely over the anterior portion ofthe chest to the opposite shoulder, through the axilla, andagain back to the anterior portion of the chest, the turnscrossing in the median line over the sternum. Theseturns should be repeated, ascending from the shouldertoward the neck, each turn overlapping three-fourths ofthe preceding one, until five or six turns have been ap-plied, the end of the bandage being secured by a pin Fig. 69.


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