Minor surgery, or, Hints on the every-day duties of the surgeon . car-ries the heads of the poste- Fig. bands to which thepledgets are attached, in ahorizontal direction, overthe cushions,// placed be-tween the zygomatic archand the lower edge of the inferior maxillary bone, asfar as the nape of the neck;from hence, after crossingeach other in changinghands, they are made toascend obliquely to theforehead, where the ends,g g, are pinned to the cir-cular roller. Laying nowhold of the anterior bands, we pull them inopposite directions, and bring, by the aid of thepledgets, the edges of t
Minor surgery, or, Hints on the every-day duties of the surgeon . car-ries the heads of the poste- Fig. bands to which thepledgets are attached, in ahorizontal direction, overthe cushions,// placed be-tween the zygomatic archand the lower edge of the inferior maxillary bone, asfar as the nape of the neck;from hence, after crossingeach other in changinghands, they are made toascend obliquely to theforehead, where the ends,g g, are pinned to the cir-cular roller. Laying nowhold of the anterior bands, we pull them inopposite directions, and bring, by the aid of thepledgets, the edges of the wound into contact;the heads of these two bands pursue the samecourse as those of the preceding, and the ends arefixed in like manner to the circles of the first bandelettes serve to render the apparatusmore secure ; the first, h, passes along the sagittalsuture, being attached before and behind to thecircumvolutions of the roller ; and the second, be-ing applied by its middle, i, to the chin, passesupward to the temples, where it is fixed to the. 104 MINOR SURGERY. same circular turns ; a few stitches, k /.-, arc in-serted to connect it with the pads, and the wholeis retained by the sling or four-tailed bandage ofthe chin. INVAGINATED OF THE BODY. Composed of a double-headed roller, of a lengthsufficient to go several times round the body, andof two compresses of the length of the wound. Application. — Place the body of the bandageon the back, and bring the heads round undereach axilla, and over the compresses on each sideof the wound. Make a slit in the body of oneside, and pass the cylinder of the other side throughit, by which means the wound will be well this as often as may be necessary. Use. — To unite longitudinal wounds of thechest or abdomen, or to support the parts after theremoval of the breast. INVAGINATED, OR UNITING BANDAGE FOR LONGITUDI-NAL WOUNDS OF THE EXTREMITY. Composition.— One end of a piece of linen, ofsufficient length
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