CONTENTS.
| CHAPTER I. | |
| BANDAGING. | |
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| General rules.—Different materials of bandages.—Position ofthe operator.—Mode of holding the bandage.—Varietiesof turns; the simple spiral; the reverse; the figure of 8. | [1-3] |
| Bandaging the head.—The common roller.—The knottedbandage.—The Capelline bandage.—The shawl cap.—Thefour-tail bandage.—Fastening ice bladders to the head.—Compressingthe jugular vein | [3-8] |
| Bandaging the trunk.—The breast.—The groin.—After operationfor hernia.—For tapping the belly.—The T-bandage.—Thestrait jacket.—Manacles for delirious patients.—Tosuspend the testicles | [8-13] |
| Bandaging the upper extremity.—The fingers.—The thumb.—Thehand.—The fore-arm.—The elbow.—The shoulder.—Theaxilla.—Wound of the palmar arch.—Bleeding atthe elbow | [14-20] |
| Bandaging the lower extremity.—The foot.—The leg.—Thethigh.—The heel.—The toe.—The knee.—A stump.—Extendinga stump.—The many-tailed bandage.—Elasticsocks | [21-24] |
| CHAPTER II. | |
| STRAPPING. | |
| General rules.—Strapping the breast.—The testes.—Joints.—Ulceratedlegs.—Scott’s mercurial dressing | [25-29] |
| CHAPTER III. | |
| TREATMENT OF FRACTURES. | |
| The head and trunk.—Of the lower jaw; by the external splintand bandage; by interdental splints, Morell Lavallée’splan; fitting a cap to the teeth.—Of the ribs; byplaster; by a body roller.—Of the pelvis | [30-37] |
| The upper extremity.—Of metacarpal bones; by a gutta-perchaglove; by a ball of tow.—Of phalanges.—Of the lowerend of the radius; by the pistol splint; by the gutta-perchagauntlet.—Of both bones of the forearm.—Of theolecranon; by figures of 8 and an inside splint; byHamilton’s plan.—Of the humerus near the elbow; bylateral hollowed splints; by a gutta-percha L-shapedsplint.—Of the shaft of the humerus.—Of the anatomicalor surgical neck, and of the great tuberosity of the humerus,by a cap for the shoulder.—Of the acromion.—Of theclavicle; by an axillary pad and elevation of the elbow; bya figure of 8 behind the back; the American ring pad | [37-59] |
| The lower extremity.—Rupture of the tendo Achillis.—Separationof the epiphysis of the os calcis.—Fracture of thefibula, by Dupuytren’s splint.—Of the tibia, byMcIntyre’s splint; slinging the splint; elevating it on ablock.—Transverse fracture of the tibia, by lateralsplints; in the flexed position.—Of the patella; by backsplint and figures of 8; by Malgaigne’s hooks; by strappingplaster and stick.—Of the shaft of the femur; byListon’s method of using the long splint; by using elasticextension; Coxeter’s elastic perineal band; elastic stirrup.By continuous extension with the limb bent; tendency toangular union; double incline planes; slinging thedouble incline planes in fracture of the neck of the femur;by continuous extension of weight and pulley | [59-80] |
| The starch bandage.—The plaster of paris bandage.—Plasterof paris splint.—Gum and chalk and other stiffening mixtures.—Sand-bags.—Cradles;Salter’s swing cradle | [81-90] |
| Leather splints; Splint for the hip | [90-94] |
| CHAPTER IV. | |
| DISLOCATIONS. | |
| General rules.—Of the lower jaw.—Of the clavicle.—Of theshoulder; signs of dislocation into the axilla; when beneaththe clavicle; when behind the scapula. Modes of reduction;by the heel in the axilla; by simple extension. Theclove-hitch knot.—Of the elbow, signs when both bonesgo backwards; distinctions between dislocation andfracture near the elbow; the mode of reduction by theknee inside the fore-arm; by extension at the wrist.—Ofthe radius, only, by extension at the wrist.—Of the thumband fingers; handle for commanding the phalanx.—Atthe hip; signs of dislocation backwards, reduction byextension; by manipulation or leverage; signs of dislocationdownwards, mode of reduction; signs of dislocationon to the pubes, mode of reduction.—Of the knee;incomplete, lateral, and posterior; mode of reduction.—Ofthe patella, mode of reduction.—Of the foot, mode ofreduction | [94-110] |
| Scarpa’s shoes.—Varieties of talipes; equinus, varus, valgus;points to be attended to in fitting the shoe.—Casting inplaster of paris | [111-114] |
| CHAPTER V. | |
| MISCELLANEOUS. | |
| The Hair suture.—The eye douche, drops for the eye.—Syringingthe ears.—Epistaxis; Ice-cold injection; Pluggingthe nares; Belloc’s sound.—Drawing teeth; varietiesof forceps; extracting incisors and canines, bicuspids,upper molars, lower molars, wisdom molars, roots; theelevator.—Stopping bleeding after extraction.—Sore nipples;nipple shields.—Plugging the vagina; Kite’s tailplug for vagina.—Injecting the urethra. Catheters,silver; different kinds of flexible catheters and bougies;conformation of the urethra.—Passing catheters andbougies; difficulties in doing so; passing the femalecatheter.—Washing out the bladder.—Tying in catheters.—Positionfor lithotomy.—Bed-sores, applications toprevent the formation of bed-sores; the floating bed; thewater-cushion.—The stomach-pump, when used to emptythe stomach or to inject food.—Transfusion of blood;precautions; mode of using the apparatus.—Tourniquets;the Ring; Petit’s; Signoroni’s; Carte’s; Lister’s; themake-shift.—Mercurial fumigation; general; local.—Hotair baths.—Vapour baths.—Sick carriage.—Cupping.—Junod’sboot.—Leeches.—Stopping leech bites.—Tents.—Setons.—Drainagetubes.—Issues.—Trusses, requirementsof, inguinal, femoral, umbilical, Salmon and Ody’s.—Cauteries,iron; gas; galvanic. Caustics.—Vesicants,mustard, cantharides, iodine.—Corrigan’s hammer.—Poulticesand fomentations.—Lister’s mode of dressingwith carbolic acid.—Irrigation; Esmarch’s irrigator.—Administrationof chloroform, precautions; dangers;methods; Clover’s inhaler.—Artificial respiration.—Localanæsthesia.—Ether spray, pulverised fluids.—Chloroformvapour to the uterus.—Subcutaneous injection.—Collodion.—Vaccination | [116-192] |
| List of Appliances for the Operating Room and the SickRoom.—List of Sedatives and Restoratives.—Forthe arrest of Hæmorrhage | [195-197] |
| List of Instruments employed in Operations— | |
| On the Head and Neck. | |
| Trephining the skull.—Operations on the eye.—Hare-lip.—Resectionof the jaw.—Excision of the tongue.—Cleftpalate.—Excision of tonsils.—Laryngotomy.—Tracheotomy | [198-202] |
| On the Trunk. | |
| Removal of breast or tumours.—Nævus.—Tapping the pleura.—Tappingthe belly.—Colotomy.—Ovariotomy.—Cæsariansection.—Strangulated hernia.—Radical cure ofhernia.—Hæmorrhoids.—Fistula in ano.—Cleft perinæum.—Extirpationof the cervix uteri.—Amputation ofthe penis.—Circumcision.—Excision of testis.—Tappinga hydrocele.—Vesico-vaginal fistula.—Retention of urine.—Externalurethrotomy.—Lithotomy.—Lithotrity.—Forremoving foreign bodies from the urethra and bladder | [203-210] |
| On the Limbs. | |
| Ligature of the larger arteries.—Resections: of the head of thehumerus, the elbow, the hip, the knee.—Removal ofnecrosed bone.—Amputations: at the shoulder-joint;arm; fore-arm and wrist; metacarpus; hip; thighand leg; Syme and Chopart’s operation; metatarsus andtoes | [211-215] |
THE
ESSENTIALS OF BANDAGING,
&c.
CHAPTER I.
BANDAGING.
General Rules.—Ordinary bandages are strips of unbleached calico 6 or 8 yards long, having a breadth of ¾ inch for the fingers and toes, 2¼ inches for the head and upper limb, 3 inches for the lower limb, and 6 inches for the body. These, when tightly rolled for use, are termed rollers. Besides these rollers for general use there are special bandages, such as rollers of muslin for using with plaster of paris, of stocking-webbing when elasticity is needed; four- and many-tailed bandages for particular fractures, &c. Messrs. J. & J. Cash, the cambric frilling makers of Coventry, now make a very firm light bandage of unbleached cambric woven in the necessary widths and lengths for use; these are very cool and pleasant, and a decided improvement on the ordinary calico strips generally used.
Position of the Operator.—He should place himself opposite his patient, not at the side of the limb to be bandaged; the limb too should be bent to the position it will occupy when the bandage is completed.