Minor surgery, or, Hints on the every-day duties of the surgeon . 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. Use. — To retain a dressing to, or support, thebreast. SUB-FEMORAL HANDKERCHIEF. •Application.—One handkerchief in a cravat goescircularly around the pelvis. The base of another,which is in a triangle, is applied obliquely on thethigh, the angl


Minor surgery, or, Hints on the every-day duties of the surgeon . 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. Use. — To retain a dressing to, or support, thebreast. SUB-FEMORAL HANDKERCHIEF. •Application.—One handkerchief in a cravat goescircularly around the pelvis. The base of another,which is in a triangle, is applied obliquely on thethigh, the angles passing circularly around its 144 MINOR SURGERY. upper part, and the summit obliquely up betweenthe nates, to be fixed to the circular band, as at A. Fig. 119.


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