. Minor and operative surgery, including bandaging . dressings to the anteriorportion of the chest. Posterior Figure-of-eight Bandage of the Two and a Half Inches in Width, Seven Yards inLength.—The initial extremity of the roller should beplaced in the axilla of the left side, and the bandage shouldthen be carried obliquely across the back of the chest tothe top of the opposite shoulder ; it is next carried throughthe axilla and conducted across the posterior portion of thechest to the top of the opposite shoulder, and passed throughthe axilla to the point of starting. These turn
. Minor and operative surgery, including bandaging . dressings to the anteriorportion of the chest. Posterior Figure-of-eight Bandage of the Two and a Half Inches in Width, Seven Yards inLength.—The initial extremity of the roller should beplaced in the axilla of the left side, and the bandage shouldthen be carried obliquely across the back of the chest tothe top of the opposite shoulder ; it is next carried throughthe axilla and conducted across the posterior portion of thechest to the top of the opposite shoulder, and passed throughthe axilla to the point of starting. These turns are re- 72 BANDAGING. peated, descending from the neck toward the shoulder, untilfive or six have been applied, the end of the bandage beingsecured by a pin (Fig. 71). In applying both of thesebandages the crosses of the bandage, either anterior orposterior, should be made in the median line of thechest. .{ Use.—This bandage may be employed to hold dress-ings to the posterior portion of the chest and to draw theshoulders backward. Fig. Posterior figure-of-eight bandage of the chest. Suspensory and Compressor Bandage of the Breast. Roller Two and a Half Inches in Width, Seven Yards inLength.—The initial extremity of the roller should beplaced upon the scapula of the affected side, and securedby two oblique turns carried over the opposite shoulderand conducted downward under the breast to be coveredin, and then carried to the axilla of the same side. Nextcarry the roller transversely around the chest, covering inthe lowest portion of the affected breast. These turnsshould be repeated, the oblique turns from the axilla overthe shoulder alternating with the transverse turns aroundthe chest, until the breast is covered in, each series of turnsascending and covering two-thirds of the preceding turns(Fig. 72). BANDAGES OF THE TRUNK. 73 Use.—This bandage is employed to support the breastand to make compression at the same time; it may also beemployed to hold dressings
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