A manual of instruction in the principles of prompt aid to the injured : including a chapter on hygiene and the drill regulations for the Hospital corps, U. S. A. : designed for military and civil use / by Alvah H. Doty.

  • Doty, Alvah H. (Alvah Hunt), 1854-1934.
Date:
1898
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A manual of instruction in the principles of prompt aid to the injured : including a chapter on hygiene and the drill regulations for the Hospital corps, U. S. A. : designed for military and civil use / by Alvah H. Doty. 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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    cork, for example, about half an inch thick and the diam- eter of a silver half-dollar, should be enveloped in a piece of soft muslin and applied over the artery. The operator then, holding a roller in each hand, places the outside of the bandage against the compress and carries one roller around the head just above the eyes in front, and the other below the occipital protuberance or bump on the back of the head, and to the opposite temple ; at this point the hands of the operator change rollers and return them to the compress, over which they form a knot by twisting and changing their direction, one roller being carried over the top of the head and the other beneath the chin, and meet- ing at the opposite side. At this point the rollers are again changed and returned to the compress, over which a second knot or twist is made in the same manner ; two or three knots over the compress are usually sufficient to arrest the haemorrhage (Fig. 42). There are a number of band- ages which can not be classed with either the roller or trian- gular bandage. . The following are examples : The four-tailed bandage is made of a strip of muslin about one yard and a half long and four inches wide, folded and torn from the ends to within two inches of the center of the bandage. One pair of tails is usually made broader than the other. One purpose of this bandage is to support the lower jaw after a fracture or dislocation. It is to be applied by placing the center of the bandage against the chin, with the wide tails below, when the latter are turned upward and tied on top of the head; the upper or narrow tails are carried backward and tied at the nape of the neck Fig. 42.— Knotted bandage.