THE REVERSED BANDAGE

[A, 393.] versé. Ger., iibergeschlagene Binde. An ascending spiral b, in which, either to make it fit a limb increasing in size from below upward or to form serrations for the sake of a neat appearance, the separate turns are folded obliquely upon themselves on the same aspect of the limb before they are tightened. [A, 393; L, 212.|—Ribbail’s b. A spica b. for the foot. (L, 218.]—Richet’s b. See B. en stuc de Richet—Roller-b. Fr., roulée, b. roulé, Ger., Rollbinde. 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.—Kotatory b. Fr., b. rotatoire. 1. A roller-b. so applied as to exert a twisting action (e, g., on the foot in cases of clul feat): 2. A special b. devised by Winslow for the correction of wry-neck; a few circular horizontal turns are made around the head with a roller-b., pa ing forward on the side to which the head is turned; then, having been secured on the opposite side of the head, the b. is pa ed down over the back of the shoulder and secured to a body-b. [A, 458.]—Rubber b. See Æsmarch's elastic b., Fox’s rubber b.,and Martin’s rubber b. — Sagittal b. Lat., Fascia sagittal is. Ger., Pfeilnahtbinde. ‘A form of T-b. for the head, cons is tiny of one or more horizontal turns aroun the head connected by one runnin; from before backward over the vault of the cranium in the median line, fa. 458; L, 219.]—Sayre’s b. A device for treating fracture Of the clavicle by means of strips of adhesive plaster. The middle of the arm is held back by a strip, a, a, a, and the loop which it forms around the arm serves as a fulcrum for the action of the second strip, b, which is pa ed from behind forward, traction being made upon it in such.a way as to pull the elbow forward and throw the shoulder back-; ward. [L. A. Sayre, ‘ Am. Practitioner,” auly, 1871.]—Scalp-b. See Capeline b—Scapulary b. Fr., scapula ire. Ger., Schultertragbinde, Jochbinde, Skapulierbinde. It., scapolare. Sp.,escapulario, A retaining bandage for the shoulder, also a strip pa ing over the shoulder for holding other portions of à b. in place. [A, 321, 885, 458.]—Scarf-b. See Handkerchief-b. and Triangular b. — Scott’s b. A dre ing for a joint, in which, after the application of mercurial ointment and diachylon plaster,