BAND 



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BANDAGE 



fb rearm with 

 Simple Spiral 

 below, and The 

 Reverse above 



Figure -Eight 

 Bandage 



Recurrent 

 Bandage 



Spica of the 

 Shoulder 



Four-tailed 

 Bandage 



VARIOUS FORMS OF BANDAGES 



are chiefly of two types brass bands and mili- 

 tary bands. The former, in addition to bass 

 and snare drums, have only cornets and trom- 

 bones, while the latter have other wind instru- 

 ments as well clarinet, piccolo, flute, oboe and 

 saxophone. The military band is therefore 

 able to achieve a far wider range of effects, 

 and the brass band is generally made use of 

 only where no band of the military type is 

 available. 



Military Bands. As the name strictly im- 

 plies, military bands are connected with a mili- 

 tary body, such as an infantry or cavalry regi- 

 ment, but the term has been broadened to 

 include citizen organizations that have adopted 

 the instruments named above which distinguish 

 the military from the brass band. A number 

 of military bands in America have had note- 

 worthy careers as concert bands, and have 

 fallen not far behind orchestras in the enthu- 

 siasm which they have aroused. In the United 

 States Patrick Sarsfield Gilmore had more to 

 do than any other one man with the increased 

 efficiency and popularity of military bands; 

 and later John Philip Sousa, trained in the 

 United States Marine Band at Washington, the 

 foremost organization of its kind in the United 



States, came prominently before the public 

 as a leader of concert bands. See ORCHESTRA. 



BANDAGE, a covering for an injured part 

 of the body, used to keep dressings on wounds, 

 to apply pressure, to control circulation, to 

 reduce swelling, to prevent movement and 

 to furnish support. Bandages vary in width 

 from one to six inches, and in length from a few 

 inches to several yards, according to the por- 

 tion of the body for which each is intended. 

 They are made most commonly of gauze, crino- 

 line, muslin, flannel, linen or cheesecloth. Rub- 

 ber bandages are used as a means of support in 

 the treatment of weak ankles and varicose 

 veins, and to check hemorrhage. There are five 

 fundamental bandages, on which a large num- 

 ber of special bandages are based. These are 

 the circular, the spiral, the spiral reverse, the 

 figure 8 and the recurrent. 



The first, and the simplest, consists of two or 

 three circular turns, each of which covers the 

 preceding one, as shown in diagram a. The 

 spiral bandage is wound around the limb in a 

 series of oblique turns, so that each turn over- 

 laps the previous one about one-half its width 

 (see diagram 6). The spiral reverse is an 

 ordinary spiral bandage with .reverse folds. 



