ban'dage

A piece of cloth or other material,. ot varying shape and size, applied to a limb or other part of the bodv, to make compre ion, prevent motion, retain surgical dre ings, etc. See also cuts under Barton, Sculietus, and Velpeau. Bartons b., Esmarch b., Galen's b., etc., see the proper names, cap'elline b. [L. capella, a cap], a bandage covering the head or an amputation stump like a cap. cir'cular b., one encircling a limb or the trunk, elas'tic b., one of India rubber or webbing employed to make pre ure on a limb or other part. fig'ure-of-8 b., a b. applied alternately to two parts, usually two segments of a Recurrent Bandage of the Head. Spiral Bandage: A, simple; B, reversed. limb above and below the joint, in such a way that the turns describe the figure 8. ham'mock b., a b. for retaining dre ings on the head; the dre ings are covered by a wide gauze strip the ends of which are brought down over the ears and held while a narrow circular bandage is pa ed around the head, the ends are then turned up over the bandage and C^Tp® other turns are made securing them firmly, immov'able b., a b. of cloth impregnated, with plaster-of-Paris, liquid gla , or the like, which hardens soon after its application, oblique' b., one in which the succe ive turns proceed T-Bandage. obliquely up or down the limb, recurr'ent b., (i) a spiral b. in which a second layer is formed by turns made in a direction the reverse of the first; (2) a b. applied to the end of an amputation stump, the head, etc., overlapping strips being carried forward and backward, retained by a circular b. at each equatorial turn. reverse' b., a spiral b. in which with each turn the strip of cloth is turned back on itself, so as to facilitate adjustment to the swelling portion of a limb. roU'er b., a strip of cheese-cloth or other material, of variable width, rolled into a compact cylinder so as to facilitate its application. spi'ca b. FL. spica, ear of grain], a figure-of-8 b. applied to the body and the first part of a limb,