HINTS ABOUT BANDAGING.

Marlborough Express, Volume XXVI, Issue 212, 12 September 1890, Page 4

HINTS ABOUT BANDAGING.

There is a great deal of knack m bandaging well, and only practice makes this, as it does most things, perfect; and the " Housewife " questions whether even with diagrams anyone can learn to bandage properly without being actually shown how to do it or seeing it done. . <•=. Bandages are used for applying any pressure that may be needed, for fixing dressings and splints, to secure rest to any injured part, etc. . „ „ ' rThey are usually made o! unbleached calico, flannel, linen, muslin, etc* Calico or linen should be washed before use, to take DUt all the glaze and stiffness. - ■ There are two kinds of bandages, the roller bandage and the triangular. . ■ - The length of a finger bandage Bhould be a yard, and its width three quartets-of an inch. An arm bandage should be'two ■ and a half inches wide and three to six yards m length. i A leg bandage should be three inches wide and eight to twelve yards m length. r ' A head bandage should be two and a naif inches wide and four to six yards long. : To roll a bandage you should fold the -end tightly two or three times, and by so doing make it into a little roll. Holdjthis byjthe " 'fingers of both your hands, placing both your thumbs on the top of it. Revolve the roll on • ■its own axis made by the movement of ; the thumbs, and fasten the end with a pin or o stitch to keep it tightly rolled. - - 1. Always bandage from within outwards. 1 2. Begin bandaging from below, and work 'your bandage upwards. \ 3. Let the pressure be evenly and firmly applied. ..'■■" ji • 4. Have no wrinkles. ' !";'•■ 5. When reversing, do; so on the fleshy part, and never on the sharp edge of a bone. ... It is dangerous ; to bandage too tightly, as that causes constriction and prevents j the circulation of the blood. . On the other hand a bandage that is too loose is -almost useless, bo that an even pressure is a great thing to aim at. " ... „ ■ '. ■'•-■ A triangular bandage is a piece of calico or . linen about forty inches square, cut diagonally, thai is, from one corner to another. This is called after the Esmarch bandage, and can be used m various ways. It is best -•-to procure one of the bandages themselves ""from the Ambulance Department of : the Order of St, John, as there are illustrations en the bandage, showing the different ways m which it can be used. Without the illustrations it would be impossible to give any practical directions on the subject. _•' When are printers liable to take cold? When they use damp sheets. V/ No bald-headed type-setter was ever con* verted during the fly season, Yea, verily, the love of a fly for a bald-headed man paaseth understanding. . -ji . Erlemeyer says that children born oJ •women addicted to. the morphine habit are practically morphine eaters from the date of birth; --•;:: '•-. ■'■' '■'■- ■' ■ .. .