A text-book of first aid and emergency treatment . The bandagebegins by a circular turn about the upper part of the fore-arm and is carried obliquely across the bend of- the elbowto the lower part of the arm, where a complete turn is next turn brings the bandage obliquely down across thebend of the elbow to the forearm, where it encircles theforearm a little higher than the previous turn. The figure-of-eight is then continued, overlapping the turns until thepoint of the elbow is covered. The bandage may be applied in the reverse direction, that Fig. 51.—Spica of the buttocks.(Wharton.
A text-book of first aid and emergency treatment . The bandagebegins by a circular turn about the upper part of the fore-arm and is carried obliquely across the bend of- the elbowto the lower part of the arm, where a complete turn is next turn brings the bandage obliquely down across thebend of the elbow to the forearm, where it encircles theforearm a little higher than the previous turn. The figure-of-eight is then continued, overlapping the turns until thepoint of the elbow is covered. The bandage may be applied in the reverse direction, that Fig. 51.—Spica of the buttocks.(Wharton.) THE ROLLER BANDAGE 97 is, beginning at the point of the elbow. Two circular turnspass around to the elbow at this point; the third turn isnow carried a little above the first two turns at the outerside and the fourth turn a little below them; all the turnscoinciding at the bend of the elbow. In this manner a figure-of-eight is developed which soon covers the entire region ofthe elbow. The bandage is fixed by a circular turn aboutthe Fig. 52.—Figure-of-eight bandage of the elbow. (Wharton.) Figure-of-eight of the Knee.^—^This corresponds exactly tothe figure-of-eight of the elbow. Finger-tip Bandage.—This is begun by two turns of a nar-row bandage about the wrist. The third turn is broughtdown obliquely across the back of the hand to the affectedfinger, where it is passed once or twice around the fingerto fix it firmly in place. It is turned on itself at a rightangle and held by the finger of the left hand while the righthand draws the bandage downward over the tip of the7 98 BAXDAGING finger to tlie front of this finyor. The direction is elinnijed,the fold l)eiiiu- held hv the thnnih of the left hand and the
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