i8o THE BAYER SUTURE. 



splints 15 cm. long, 2 to 4 cm. wide, with rounded ends; 

 iodoform gauze; iodoform ether 1:10. 



Technic. After the skin has been shaved over an area 

 having a radius of 5 to 6 cm. from the wound, the suture 

 needle is inserted 2 to 3 cm. from the lips through the skin 

 and subjacent tissues, a strong drainage tube, d' , passed 



FIG. 14. 

 SPLINT BANDAGE. 



d, d f , d /f , drainage tubes ; e, retention suture (closed end); e' ', do, 

 open end ;/, iodoform gauze ; s, splints. 



through the closed end of the suture and the thread drawn 

 tight. If before threading the needle a clove hitch is made 

 at the middle of the thread, or if threaded as above directed 

 and the thread is thrown about the tube in a double noose, 

 the two threads will be kept in contact as they leave the tube 

 and enter the soft tissues and thus prevent to some degree, 

 the pressure necrosis otherwise taking place, due to the tense 



