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

  • Leonard, C. Henri (Charles Henri), 1850-1925
Date:
1906
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Credit: A manual of bandaging : adapted for self-instruction / by C. Henri Leonard. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CHAPTER XII. UPON STRAPPINGS. In strapping a limb wo seek one or more of the following purposes : I. A “support” to the divided tissues. II. A compression of the part, so as to favor absorption of effused materials; or, to prevent too exuberant granulation, or hernias. III. To gain a fixed point upon the member, so as to be enabled to maintain extension of the same. For one, or of all of these purposes, the common adhesive plaster of the shops (Eplastruni Rest hcb) is employed. The formula for its preparation, according to the American Phar- macopoeia, is : 1$. Resinae pulveris, § vi; Emplastri Plumbi, l xxxv. This often proves irritating to the skin, from the amount of rosin it contains, if the plaster is to belong applied. The irri- tability of the plaster may be lessened by using less rosin in its making. Baynton, to whom the profession is indebted for the intro- duction of* the “ strapping treatment ” of old ulcers, made use of a formula containing but six drachms of the rosin to a pound of the lead plaster, less than one-half the amount used in the officinal formula. The Dublin College, and also the British Pharmacopoeia, incorporate a small amount of soap in their adhesive plaster, thus engendering a greater pliability of the dressing. The plaster is spread upon heavy muslin, or Canton flannel, by the aid of machinery, and comes to us in rolls of several yards in length. The strips we use should always be cut [144]