Tropical home nursing / by R.J. Blackham.

  • Robert J. Blackham
Date:
1921
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Tropical home nursing / by R.J. Blackham. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ends under the chin, and the two lower ends over the middle of the forehead. (iit) The Four-tailed Bandage for the Knee.—Slit up a piece of calico 6 inches wide and a yard long to within two inches on each side of the centre. Lay the centre of the bandage upon the knee-cap, cross the ends behind the knee and bring them forward to the front of the joint and then tie the two upper ends above the knee- cap and the two lower ones below it. (6) The Many-tatled Ban- dage.—This is employed in cases where it is necessary to apply dressings to a part frequently but undesirable to move it by utilising ordi- nary roller bandages. It is especially useful in wounds and injuries of the chest and abdomen and is also used for burns of the limbs. The widths of the strips of bandage required are 24 inches for the arm, and 34 inches for the leg, abdomen or thorax. The bandage is prepared as follows :—-A strip of bandage as long as the ve part for which it is required is spread out, and strips six Fig. No, 35. inches longer than the part The Four-tailed to be covered are laid across Bandage of the Knee. it, with their centres along the middle of it; these cross strips must overlap each other by about one-third and are
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