A manual of bandaging : adapted for self-instruction / by C. Henri Leonard.
- Leonard, C. Henri (Charles Henri), 1850-1925
- Date:
- [1884], [©1884]
Licence: Public Domain Mark
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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![ON CHARPIE—COTTON-WOOL. Of this there are four kinds, viz., rcao, long, rasped and weh- like. But one of these, the raw, is of moment. This is made by picking apart tne tiireads of a piece of linen, each filament having a length from 2 to 3 inches; if they are too short, the filaments are apt to mat or lamp together, and so render it unfit for the uses for which it was intended. A good article should be white, soft and light, and somewhat elastic. The difficult)^ of procuring a properly prepared charpie, and of keeping it free from matting has, at present, induced most surgeons to substitute for it clean cotton-wool. Charpie, or cotton-wool, is used in surgery to protect from irritation, to compress, and to slightly irritate, as well as to niiiintain in equal temperature a wounded meiTiber: one of its most common uses is, however, as an absorbent of the secre- tions from a wounded surface. For these multitudinous uses it is employed under the form of ^j??/w?a.ssertz<a', gateaax, bovr lettes, hourdonnets, tampons, j^^^otes, and layers, or lamince. A Plumasseau [a 2yledget)—^is but a bunch of charpie which has been drawn, lengthwise, lightly through the fingers till the filaments of the mass are made parallel with each other, and the mass made of the same thickness and density throughout. It may be used as an absorbent of secretion, for slight com- pr ssion, or for carrying medicaments to a wouixled surface. A Gateau {a cake)—is nothing more or less than a large plumasseau, with the ends of the charpie folded into the centre of the mass. It is used more especially for compression, and for al)sorbing the secretions of the wound. A Boulette (« little baU)-'-\s simply a ball of charpie, formed by rolling little masses of it in the palms of the hands. [18]](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21064076_0024.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
