Minor surgery, or, Hints on the every-day duties of the surgeon . , by sliding the scissors according to the lineof the thread of the cloth and slitting it intopieces about three-quarters of an inch in width (),andofalengthsufTicienttoenableittoextendatleast three inches beyond each side of the wound,which is to be united. Before applying them, it isgenerally necessary to soften the plaster by heat; andthe most convenient method of so doing is to fill abottle with boiling water and wrap the strip aroundit, the outside of the strip being next the surfaceof the bottle. In applying it, the
Minor surgery, or, Hints on the every-day duties of the surgeon . , by sliding the scissors according to the lineof the thread of the cloth and slitting it intopieces about three-quarters of an inch in width (),andofalengthsufTicienttoenableittoextendatleast three inches beyond each side of the wound,which is to be united. Before applying them, it isgenerally necessary to soften the plaster by heat; andthe most convenient method of so doing is to fill abottle with boiling water and wrap the strip aroundit, the outside of the strip being next the surfaceof the bottle. In applying it, the strip should befirst placed on the portion of the wounded surfacethat is most depending, so as to draw it up to theother, the intervals between the straps being suchas to allow of the free escape of the matter. Forremoving them, they should be softened by wash-ing the part with warm water, or by applying awarm poultice to it a few hours before the dress-ing is removed. The surgeon then lays hold of oneof the extremities of each piece in succession, and Fig. MINOR SURGERY. 27 gently raising it, reflects it upon the wound. Thisextremity being detached to within half an inchof the edges, he detaches the other to about thesame distance, and holding them together, lifts themperpendicularly, taking care at the same time toapply the thumb and index finger of the left handupon the sides of the wound, to prevent injurybeing done to the cicatrix. (Fig. 21.) As adhesive strips sometimes irritate and in-flame the part, owing to their tearing out the smallhairs or down which coyer it, their application isfrequently followed by erysipelas. In this casetheir places may be very well supplied by the slitand tart, or uniting bandage hereafter strips are also very useful as a dressingto ulcers, or for compression in cases of Orchitisor Hernia Humoralis. As the treatment of ulcers by the use of adhesivestrips is of considerable importance, a detailed ac-count of Bayntons pl
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