A manual of ambulance / by J. Scott Riddell.

  • Riddell, J. Scott (John Scott), 1864-1929.
Date:
1899
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A manual of ambulance / by J. Scott Riddell. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    continuously on this line, and fixes the antero-posterior layer alternately at front and back. The roller held in the right hand is carried backwards and forwards over the head from forehead to occiput until the whole of the head has been covered (Fig. 67). The first of the antero-posterior layers should lie along the middle Fig. 67. ^ Fig. 68. Capeline bandage for the head. of the head; the second should be carried to the right side of the first, the third to the left side of the first, the fourth to the right side of the second, the fifth to the left side of the third, and so on. The completed bandage is shown in Fig. 69. 3. Spiea of the Shoulder.—The spica of the shoulder is applied by fixing the bandage by one or two turns to the upper part of the arm close up to the arm-pit. The roller is then covered over the highest part of the shoulder round the back and under the opposite arm. It then crosses the chest and front of the arm, and is passed under the arm-pit and carried up over the shoulder again, but this time on a level lower than the last, so that the shoulder is gradually covered in from above downwards by the turns of the bandage (Fig. 70). 4. Spica of the Groin.—The groin is below upwards in the following way :—The Fig. ()9.—Capeline bandnge completed. covered in from bandage is fixed to the upper part of tlie thigh by one or two simple spiral turns. The roller is then carried from within outwards over the front of the thigh and up round the hip and back, and passing over the prominence of the haunch bone on the opposite side, is carried from above downwards in a