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Title: The operating room and the patient; a manual of pre- and post-operative treatment Year: 1913 (1910s) Authors: Fowler, Russell Story, 1874-1959 Subjects: Operating Rooms Patients Publisher: Philadelphia,: Saunders Contributing Library: Columbia University Libraries Digitizing Sponsor: Open Knowledge Commons

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Text Appearing Before Image: Fig. 88.—Spica bandageof great toe. (Fowlers Sur-gery.) BANDAGING 111 each overlapping the preceding one to a slight extent until thetoe is completely covered. COMPOUND BANDAGES. Compound bandages are used for the most part to take theplace of roller bandages, for use in unskilled hands. They areusually made of unbleached muslin cut to conform to the shapeof the part pf the body to which they are applied. They areused in first-aid dressing on the battlefield; but few of the band-

Text Appearing After Image: .—Arm-sling. ages are useful in civil practice, as they afford neither the comfortnor the security of the well-applied roller bandage. Of those usedin civil practice the sling is the one most frequently employed.For supporting the forearm, a yard square of unbleached muslinis cut diagonally, two triangular slings thus being provided; orthe yard square may be folded diagonally on itself, thus forming 112 . OPERATIXG ROOM AXD THE PATIEXT a triangle. The apex of the triangle is applied beneath theelbo^, the portion of the sling next the body is carried over theopposite shoulder, the other portion over the shoulder of theaffected side, and the ends are fastened by knotting them atthe back of the neck. Enough traction is used to insure that thebody of the triangle affords equal support to the entire lengthof the forearm. The apex of the triangle is secured to the frontof the sling. To afford additional security the two sides of thesling may be sewed or pinned together just above and para

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