Minor surgery, or, Hints on the every-day duties of the surgeon . the axilla, let the first embrace the correspondingportion of the ring, in order that its extremity maybe united with that of the second tail, which shouldbe made previously to pass about the first, in themanner represented in the wood-cut. Use. — Same as the twj preceding, but prefer- 142 MINOR SURGERY. able to either, on account of the much greaterpower it may be made to exert. DORSO BIS-AXILLARIS. Fig. 117. Application. —Place one handker-chief in a cravatround the chest undereach axilla, and theother in a triangleon the back


Minor surgery, or, Hints on the every-day duties of the surgeon . the axilla, let the first embrace the correspondingportion of the ring, in order that its extremity maybe united with that of the second tail, which shouldbe made previously to pass about the first, in themanner represented in the wood-cut. Use. — Same as the twj preceding, but prefer- 142 MINOR SURGERY. able to either, on account of the much greaterpower it may be made to exert. DORSO BIS-AXILLARIS. Fig. 117. Application. —Place one handker-chief in a cravatround the chest undereach axilla, and theother in a triangleon the back, with itsbase upwards. Fixthe summit of the tri-angle to the circularcravat, and carry theangles over eachshoulder and axillato fasten to the cir-cular handkerchiefbehind, and on thesides. Use. — To retaindressings to these parts. If the summit is fixed to thecircular cravat in front, and the angles broughtover each shoulder to fasten behind, it will re-tain dressings to the front of the chest, and forma cervico-thoracic TRIANGULAR CAP OF THE BREAST. Application.—Base of a triangle obliquely acrossthe chest under one breast — summit over corre-sponding shoulder, one angle over opposite shoul- MINOR SURGERY. 143 der, the other under corresponding axilla, to tie onthe back and confine the summit. Fig. 118.


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