Minor surgery, or, Hints on the every-day duties of the surgeon . r most useful means of retainingdressings, and their application is generally very MINOR SURGERY, 91 simple, though they are a little complicated intheir composition. To the latter, therefore, weshall pay the most attention, hoping to render it soplain that any one may be enabled to make themproperly. THE T, OR CRUCIAL BANDAGE, Named from its shape, is composed of a hori-zontal portion,o£ a length sufficient to go entirelyround the part and leave enough to makea bow-knot, and of avertical piece, which ishalf the length of thehor
Minor surgery, or, Hints on the every-day duties of the surgeon . r most useful means of retainingdressings, and their application is generally very MINOR SURGERY, 91 simple, though they are a little complicated intheir composition. To the latter, therefore, weshall pay the most attention, hoping to render it soplain that any one may be enabled to make themproperly. THE T, OR CRUCIAL BANDAGE, Named from its shape, is composed of a hori-zontal portion,o£ a length sufficient to go entirelyround the part and leave enough to makea bow-knot, and of avertical piece, which ishalf the length of thehorizontaloneand ge-nerally attached firm-ly to its middle, soas to form the per-pendicular portion ofthe T. Each portionshould be rolled intoa cylinder, and con-fined by a pin pre-vious to its applica-tion, in order to en-sure its smoothnesswhen applied. Thevertical portion variesconsiderably in itsshape and length, butthese are exceptionsto the general rule ;sometimes it is threeor four inches wide,and slit into two tailsto within a short dis- Fig. 68. Fig. 92 MINOR SURGERY. lance of the horizontal band, as in Figure 69 ;at others a triangular piece is added, &c, &c, aswill be seen hereafter. T BANDAGE OF THE HEAD. Composed of a bandage, two yards long and twoinches wide, upon which, at about one-third of itsentire length, a bandelette half a yard long and ofthe same width, is stitched at right angles. Thebandage is rolled up into two heads previously toits application. Application.— Placing himself before the pa-tient, the surgeon applies the body of the bandageto the middle of the forehead, the uppermost edgebeing that which corres-FiS> 70. ponds to the vertical por- tion of the bandage, inorder that the latter, aftertraversing the vertex,may hang loosely uponthe nape of the neck ; henow unrols the heads inpassing them along thetemples to the occipitalregion, where they crossthe bandelette, whichshould be immediatelyreflected upwards, andsecured upon the browby a fe
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