. First aid in illness and injury; . Fig. 97. —Wound closed by sticking plaster and laced threads. edges a half an inch from it on either side, parallel to it and leavingabout a quarter of an inch of the upper margin loose and having theremainder tightly stuck. Then with a needle and thread, preferablysilk, draw the edges of the wound together by lacing the free edges ofthe plaster as shown in Fig. 97, fastening the thread at either end with. I38 EMERGENCIES AND ACCIDENTS knots and pressing the plaster firmly down as soon as the thread hasbeen drawn tight. Any hair should be cut, by shaving, i
. First aid in illness and injury; . Fig. 97. —Wound closed by sticking plaster and laced threads. edges a half an inch from it on either side, parallel to it and leavingabout a quarter of an inch of the upper margin loose and having theremainder tightly stuck. Then with a needle and thread, preferablysilk, draw the edges of the wound together by lacing the free edges ofthe plaster as shown in Fig. 97, fastening the thread at either end with. I38 EMERGENCIES AND ACCIDENTS knots and pressing the plaster firmly down as soon as the thread hasbeen drawn tight. Any hair should be cut, by shaving, if possible, from localities wherethe plaster is to be applied. If the hair is left in place, the removalof the plaster sticking to it will be painful. Strips of sticking-plastershould not be drawn completely about a limb, on account of thedanger of interference with the circula-tion of the blood in the extremity. Inremoving strips of plaster from a woundwhere it has been applied, the two endsshould each be raised as in Fig. 98, andthat part lying over the wound removedlast. Where stitching and closure with stick-ing-plaster are both impracticable, theFig. 98. — Mode of removal of parts should be drawn together as wellsticking-plaster strips. as possible, and a compress applied and bandaged in dressing a wound, two objects are to be considered: (1) to retainthe parts in a position suitable for healing, and (2) to prevent fut
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