Practical Nursing

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1907 Excerpt: ...The ends are secured by a circular turn around them. The recurrent bandage is principally used to retain dressings in place on the ends of the fingers, toes, stumps, and the head. The Recurrent Bandage of the Head.--To apply a recurrent bandage to the head: Fix the bandage by making two horizontal turns around the head ... Read More

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1907 Excerpt: ...The ends are secured by a circular turn around them. The recurrent bandage is principally used to retain dressings in place on the ends of the fingers, toes, stumps, and the head. The Recurrent Bandage of the Head.--To apply a recurrent bandage to the head: Fix the bandage by making two horizontal turns around the head. When the second turn comes to the centre of the forehead have the patient or an assistant hold it in place. Reverse the bandage and carry it across the head, reverse, hold it in place with the thumb of the left hand, carry the roll across the head, overlapping the first row two-thirds its width and converging toward the centre, near the forehead. Repeat this turn on the opposite side of the first turn across the Recurrent Bandage. head. Repeat, carrying the bandage back and forth, first on one side and then on the other until the head is covered. Finish with a couple of circular turns around the head. The Capeline or Recurrent Bandage of the Head with Double Roller.--For a capeline bandage, use a double roller. To apply it: Place the centre of the bandage in the centre of the forehead, carry both cylinders to the occiput, reverse one end of the bandage turning it over the other which continue horizontally around the head to the forehead, bring the reversed end obliquely around the head, cross it with the horizontal end, reverse it over this, and carry it around the other side of the head. Repeat these turns, making every turn of the oblique bandage higher than the other, but over-lapping it two-thirds its width. Make each horizontal turn exactly cover the preceding one. Bandage for Front of Scalp.--To apply a bandage to the front of the scalp: Place the initial extremity of the bandage on one temple and fix Recurrent Bandage with Double Roll... Read Less