To a gauze bandage a pad of gauze is sewed. This pad may be tied over a wound without being touched with the hands.
The safety pins are to hold bandages in place, but a stitch is better.
37. Roller Bandages.
In addition to the above, in every medicine closet there should be:
Three gauze roller bandages, 1 inch wide (for bandaging fingers).
Three gauze roller bandages, 2½ inches wide (for bandaging arms, etc.).
It is best to buy roller bandages, wrapped ready for use, at the drug store. Never use a wet bandage, for it shrinks as it dries, and stops free circulation of the blood. (See [Chapter XVI].)
38. Rubber Ear Syringe.
39. Fountain Syringe.