. A treatise on the diseases of the eye. ply consists of a knitted cotton band aboutfifteen inches in length and one and three-quarters inch in width, which is tobe placed over the eye and fastened by a couple of tapes. For this purpose,I think Liebreichs bandage is to be greatly preferred, but with the nexttwo forms of bandage it is different, for here we can regulate the degree andmode of pressure desired with a nicety and accuracy not to be obtained withLiebreichs. 2. The Regular Compress.—This bandage is about one and three-quartersyard long and one and one-half inch wide. Its outer two-th
. A treatise on the diseases of the eye. ply consists of a knitted cotton band aboutfifteen inches in length and one and three-quarters inch in width, which is tobe placed over the eye and fastened by a couple of tapes. For this purpose,I think Liebreichs bandage is to be greatly preferred, but with the nexttwo forms of bandage it is different, for here we can regulate the degree andmode of pressure desired with a nicety and accuracy not to be obtained withLiebreichs. 2. The Regular Compress.—This bandage is about one and three-quartersyard long and one and one-half inch wide. Its outer two-thirds consist of fine ^ Charpie consists of threads of very fine linen; the linen should be cut into smallsquares of about three or four inches in diameter, and the individual threads are thento be pulled out, thus forming the charpie, which should be folded into small is much cooler and more comfortable than cotton-wool. 2 A. f. O., ix. 2; vide also an abridgment of this paper, by the avithor, in E. H. Eep., V. 2. 4. OO INTRODUCTION. and very elastic flannel, its central third of knitted cotton. The eye havingbeen padded with charpie or cotton-wool, as above directed, the bandage isto be thus adjusted: One end is to be applied to the forehead just above theaffected eye, and is then to be passed to the opposite side of the forehead andabove the ear to the back of the head; the knitted portion is next carried onbelow the ear and brought upwards over the compress, the bandage beingthen again passed across the forehead and its end firmly pinned. The op-posite eye may be closed with a strip of plaster, or, should it also require acompress, a separate bandage is to be applied. 3. The pressure bandage is made of fine and very elastic flannel, and shouldbe about three and one-half yards long and one and one-quarter inch is intended to produce complete immobility of the eye, and to exert a con-siderable degree of graduated pressure. The one end of the bandag
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