Apparatus.—1. Strips of soap plaster spread on calico, or better, on wash-leather, ½ inch wide and 12 inches long.
2. A can of boiling water.
3. Razor and soap.
Fig. 20.—Strapping the Testis.
First, shave the scrotum; then tighten the skin over the testis with the left thumb and forefinger passed above it; take a strip of plaster 6 inches long and ½ inch wide, and encircle the cord tightly with it; next pass another strap of the same width, 9 or 10 inches long, from the back of this ring, over the testicle to the front, drawing it tight also (see fig. 20). The strapping is continued by laying fresh straps over each other until the whole testis is covered in. Lastly, take a strip 15 or 20 inches long, and, beginning at the ring above, wind it round and round the testicle until all the vertical strips are confined in place by this spiral strip.
The strapping should be re-applied the second or third day, as the testicle by that time will have shrunk within its case.
Fig. 21.—Strapping an Ulcer.
