. Minor surgery and bandaging, including the treatment of fractures and dislocations .. . Anterior figure-of-eight bandage of the chest. Use.—This bandage may be employed to bring theshoulders forward, and to hold dressings to the anteriorportion of the chest. Posterior Figure-of-eight Bandage of the Chest. Roller Two and a Half Inches in Width, Seven Yards in Length. Application.—The initial extremity of the rollershould be placed in the axilla of the left side, and thebandage is then carried obliquely across the back of thechest to the tip of the opposite shoulder; it is next carriedthrough
. Minor surgery and bandaging, including the treatment of fractures and dislocations .. . Anterior figure-of-eight bandage of the chest. Use.—This bandage may be employed to bring theshoulders forward, and to hold dressings to the anteriorportion of the chest. Posterior Figure-of-eight Bandage of the Chest. Roller Two and a Half Inches in Width, Seven Yards in Length. Application.—The initial extremity of the rollershould be placed in the axilla of the left side, and thebandage is then carried obliquely across the back of thechest to the tip of the opposite shoulder; it is next carriedthrough the axilla and conducted across the posterior por-tion of the chest to the tip of the opposite shoulder, and SUSPENSORY AND COMPRESSOR BANDAGE. 69 passed through the axilla to the point of starting. Theseturns are repeated, ascending from the shoulder towardthe neck, until five or six have been applied, the end ofthe bandage being secured by a pin. (Fig. 59.) In Fig. Posterior figure-of-eight bandage of the chest. applying both of these bandages the crosses of the ban-dage, either anterior or posterior, should be made in themedian line of the chest. Use.—This bandage may be employed to hold dressingsto the posterior portion of the chest and to draw theshoulders backward. Suspensory and Compressor Bandage of the Breast. Roller Two and a Half Inches in Width, Seven Yards in Length. Application.—The initial extremity of the rollershould be placed upon the scapula of the affected side, andsecured by two oblique turns carried over the oppositeshoulder and conducted downward under the breast tobe covered in, and then carried to the axilla of the sameside. Next carry the roller transversely around the chest, 4* 70 REGIONAL BANDAGES. covering in the lowest portion of the affected turns should be repeated, the oblique turns from theaxilla over the shoulder alternating with the transverseturns around the chest until the breast is covered in
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