band'age

An appliance consisting wholly or in great part of muslin, linen, flannel, or other analogous fabric, employed for restraining, suspending, supporting, or compre ing a part, or for retaining other applications in position, b. of separate strips. See many-tailed b. Esmarch's elastic b. A broad strip of rubber shirring or sheet rubber from 3 to 5 yards long, in the form of a roller b., together with a stout solid rubber cord or strap having a chain at one end and a hook at the other; used for expelling the blood from a limb and as a tourniquet in bloodle amputations, figure of eight b. Any b. so applied that turns are made alternately around two different parts (e. g., the two shoulders), or at two different parts of a limb or the trunk, in the form of a figure of eight, many -tailed b. Syn.: Scultetus's b., b. of separate strips. A b. consisting of a number of strips pa ed transversely under a limb or the trunk, one somewhat overlapping the one above or below it, according as the b. is to be applied from below upward or from above downward. Sometimes they are stitched to a longitudinal strip. The ends are brought together in front somewhat spirally, one overlapping the other, and the appearance when the application is completed is that of a spiral reversed roller, plaster b., plaster of Paris b. An immovable b. in which the stiffening material is plaster of Paris. A roller b. of loose texture is prepared by rubbing dry plaster into its meshes; when it is to be applied, it is soaked in water; after its application, it is strengthened by applying a mixture of plaster and water of the consistence of cream, reverse b. A spiral b. in which with each turn the bandage is turned back on itself so as to aid adjustment to a larger or smaller portion of a limb, roller b. A strip of muslin, flannel, or other like material, wound from one or both ends in the form of a firm roll. The roll is called the head, and the free end the tail. Scultetus' b. See many-tailed b. spica b. A form of the figure of eight b., in which the turns of the two loops of the 8 encircle di imilar or asymmetrical parts (such as the pelvis and the thigh) and are usually of unequal size. It derives its name from the fancied resemblance of its intersections to a spike of barley. suspensory b. A b. for suspending a part, especially the scrotum and testicles or the breast. T-b. A b. consisting of two separate strips fastened together in the form of the letter T, one for encircling a part (generally the waist or the hips) and the other to be secured by its free end to the former (generally after pa ing beneath the perineum); used for holding dre ings in place.