A manual of bandaging : adapted for self-instruction / by C. Henri Leonard.

  • Leonard, C. Henri (Charles Henri), 1850-1925
Date:
[1876?]
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Credit: A manual of bandaging : adapted for self-instruction / by C. Henri Leonard. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    BANDAGES OP THE HEAD. SKULL-CAP. In all of the bandages of the head it is well to first apply & close-fitting flannel or cotton cap, known as a skull cap, to the head. It retains the bandage better in position, as it keeps the turns from coming in contact with the slippery and sliding hair. It will also be found full as comfortable to the patient, as it tends to keep the hair evenly distributed about the head, and so prevents its matting under different portions of' the bandage. Pressure from the bandage is also more equalized. CIRCULAR OF THE FOREHEAD AND EYES. Description.—It should be three or four yards in length, and have a width of from one and one-half to two inches. Application.—Place the initial end 1 at or near the centre jrIG i3t of the forehead, standing at the back of the patient, and confine by a horizontal circular turn, 2. At the 3d turn begin to drop the course of the bandage still more, so that on its completion it shall have been dropped one-half or three-quarters of its width. The 4th turn is to be made in a similar manner, cov- Circular of the Forehead and Eyes. ering the eyes and as much of the face as seems necessary; then, after an upward spiral course, 5, confine the bandage by a pin or thread, at or near its start- ing point. Uses.—This bandage, though necessarily so simple, fulfills many important indications. In wounds of the forehead <>r upper part of the face, and operations thereon, in injuries and operations on the eyes and nose, and nasal passages, it serves [32]