3242. Circular bandages are used for the neck, to retain dressings on any part of it, or for blisters, setons, &c.; for the head, to keep dressings on the forehead or any part contained within a circle passing round the head; for the arm, previous to bleeding; for the leg, above the knee; and for the fingers, &c.
3243. To confine the ends of bandages some persons use pins, others slit the end for a short distance, and tie the two strips into a knot, and some use a strip of adhesive plaster.
3244. Always place the point of a pin in such a position that it should not be likely to prick the patient, or the person dressing the limb, or be likely to draw out by using the limb: therefore, as a general rule, turn the head of the pin from the free end of the bandage, or toward the upper part of the limb.
3245. The oblique bandage is generally used for arms and legs, to retain dressings.
3246. The spiral bandage is generally applied to the trunk and extremities, but it is apt to fall off even when very carefully applied: therefore we generally use another called the recurrent, which folds back again.