. The principles and practice of modern surgery . forwards, and then pushing it upwards. To support the parts duringthe cure, the most common apparatus is. The stellate, or figure of 8 bandage, represented in Fig. 42. In the first place a thick wedge-shaped padmust be put into the axilla, with thelarge end uppermost. Then a longroller must be passed over each shoulderalternately, and be made to cross onthe back. In the next place, the armmust be confined to the side by two orthree turns of the roller; and lastly, theelbow should be well raised by a sling,which is also to support the forearm. I
. The principles and practice of modern surgery . forwards, and then pushing it upwards. To support the parts duringthe cure, the most common apparatus is. The stellate, or figure of 8 bandage, represented in Fig. 42. In the first place a thick wedge-shaped padmust be put into the axilla, with thelarge end uppermost. Then a longroller must be passed over each shoulderalternately, and be made to cross onthe back. In the next place, the armmust be confined to the side by two orthree turns of the roller; and lastly, theelbow should be well raised by a sling,which is also to support the forearm. Itwill be noticed, that the shoulder is keptup by the sling, out by the pad, andback by the bandage. The same objectsmay be gained by means of three hand-kerchiefs, one to act as the pad in theaxilla; another for a sling; and thethird to keep the arm close to the body—the whole being stitched simple contrivance, invented by Mr. James Duncan for thesame purpose, is a strip oi Jean about a yard long, of tlie shape repre- Fig.
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