. Minor surgery and bandaging, including the treatment of fractures and dislocations .. . Strapping the testicle. (Smith.) prominent part of the testicle, and is then carried backto the circular strip and fastened. A number of thesestrips are applied in an imbricated manner until theskin is covered (Fig. 96), and the dressing is completedby passing transverse strips around the testicle from itslowest portion to the circular strip; care should be takento see that no portion of the skin is left uncovered. Strapping the testicle is employed with advantage inthe subacute stage of orchitis or epidi
. Minor surgery and bandaging, including the treatment of fractures and dislocations .. . Strapping the testicle. (Smith.) prominent part of the testicle, and is then carried backto the circular strip and fastened. A number of thesestrips are applied in an imbricated manner until theskin is covered (Fig. 96), and the dressing is completedby passing transverse strips around the testicle from itslowest portion to the circular strip; care should be takento see that no portion of the skin is left uncovered. Strapping the testicle is employed with advantage inthe subacute stage of orchitis or epididymitis, and it willbe found a useful means of applying pressure to thescrotum after the injection treatment of hydrocele. Asthe swelling of the testicle diminishes the strips becomeloose, and the part will require re-strapping. 152 MINOR SURGERY. Strapping of the Breast. To strap the breast, strips of resin plaster two incheswide and long enough to pass from the opposite shoulderunder the breast to the point of starting are required. Inapplying the strips the end of the strip is plac
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