. Minor surgery and bandaging; including the treatment of fractures and dislocations, the ligation of arteries, amputations, excisions and resections, intestinal anastomosis, operations upon nerves and tendons, tracheotomy, intubation of the larynx, o areunder the influence of an anaes-thetic, for if vomiting occurs thematerial may not escape fromthe mouth, and suffocation mightoccur unless the bandage werepromptly removed. This acci-dent I once saw occur, and thepatients condition was alarminguntil the bandage was cut, al-lowing the jaw to be opened andthe contents of the mouth to escap
. Minor surgery and bandaging; including the treatment of fractures and dislocations, the ligation of arteries, amputations, excisions and resections, intestinal anastomosis, operations upon nerves and tendons, tracheotomy, intubation of the larynx, o areunder the influence of an anaes-thetic, for if vomiting occurs thematerial may not escape fromthe mouth, and suffocation mightoccur unless the bandage werepromptly removed. This acci-dent I once saw occur, and thepatients condition was alarminguntil the bandage was cut, al-lowing the jaw to be opened andthe contents of the mouth to escape. Gibsons Bandage. Roller Two Inches in Width, SixYards in Length.—The initial extremity of the rollershould be placed upon the vertex of the skull in a linewith the anterior portion of the ear; the bandage is thencarried downward in front of the ear to the chin, andpassed under the chin, and is carried upward on thesame line until it reaches the point of starting. Theturns are repeated until three complete turns have beenmade; the bandage is then continued until it reaches apoint just above the ear, when it is reversed and is carriedbackward around the occiput, and is continued around thehead and forehead until it reaches its point of origin ;. U Bartons head-bandage, em-ployed for suspension. (Park.) BANDAGES OF THE HEAD. 45 Fig. 40. these circular turns are applied until three have beenmade. When the bandage reaches the occiput, havingcompleted the third turn, it is allowed to drop down tothe base of the skull, and it is then carried forward belowthe ear and around the chin, being brought back upcn theopposite side of the head and neck to the point of origin;these turns are repeated until three complete turns havebeen made, and upon the completion of the third turn thebandage is reversed and car-ried forward over the occiputand vertex to the forehead,and its extremity is here se-cured with a pin. Pins shouldalso be applied at the pointswhere the turns of the band-age cros
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