MATERIAL FOR AND FORM OF BANDAGES. 179 



except such as have to be appHed to the horse's bod}-. The 

 more slender the part to be bandaged the narrower must be the 

 bandage, it being particular!}- difticult to apply broad bandages without 

 producing creases, especially in the neighbourhood of joints. Before 

 application the bandage must be rolled ; one end is first folded several 

 times on itself forming a small cylinder which serves as an axis for 

 further rolling ; the 

 best method is shown 

 in Fig. 199. 



Bandages may be 

 either single, double, 

 or many tailed. The 

 single ended ban- 

 dage, forming a single 

 roll, is that most 

 in use. The double 

 ended (Fig. 200) ^''g- 202. 



is rolled from both ends towards the centre, as is the multiple 

 bandage, which, however, is now seldom seen. A very useful appa- 

 ratus for rolHng bandages is that shown in Fig. 201. 



Bandages should always be applied from the periphery towards the 

 centre, never in the opposite direction, which would lead to congestion 

 of the vehis and l}-mph vessels. 

 This precaution is often over- 

 looked, the operator com- 

 mencing in the middle of a 

 limb. The simple experiment 

 of appl}-ing a bandage to the 

 middle of the forearm will 

 soon convince anyone of the 

 undesirability of this course ; 

 the veins of the hands become 

 enormousl}- swollen. In hoofed 

 animals we cannot commence ^,- ^^ 



at the extreme periphery, but ^~ ---.^^ 

 the bandage should certainly ^'^- ^°3- 



begin about the cornet and not, as is so commonly the custom, above 

 the fetlock-joint. Simple circular turns, by which the bandage is 

 applied to one spot alone, are now seldom employed for the reasons 

 previously given, but the\- form the commencement and end of other 

 methods. In spiral bandaging the upper edge of each turn is covered 

 b}' the lower portion of the next in order ; as each succeeding turn is 



