Material for and form of bandages. 



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Fki. 166. 



Bandages may be either single, double, or many tailed. The 

 single ended bandage, forming a single roll, is that most in use. The 

 double ended (Fig. 164) is rolled from both ends towards the centre, 

 as is the multiple bandage, which, however, is now seldom seen. A 

 very useful appara- 

 tus for rolling band- 

 ages is that shown 

 in Fig. 165. 



Bandages should 

 always be applied 

 from the periphery 

 towards the centre, 

 never in the oppo- 

 site direction, which 

 would lead to con- 

 gestion of the veins 

 and lymph vessels. 



This precaution is often overlooked, the operator commencing in the 

 middle of a limb. The simple experiment of applying a bandage to 

 the middle of the forearm will soon convince anyone of the undesir- 

 ability of this course ; the veins of the hands become enormously 

 distended. In hoofed animals 

 we cannot commence at the 

 extreme periphery, but the 

 bandage should certainly be- 

 gin about the coronet 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 

 they form the commencement 

 and end of other methods. In Fin. 167. 



spiral bandaging the upper 



edge of each turn is covered by the lower portion of the next in order ; 

 as each succeeding turn is applied it is temporarily fixed in position 

 by the index finger or thumb of the left hand until the next turn 

 overlaps and fixes it in position. The first circular turn should be 

 double to give greater security ; those following take a gradual 

 upward spiral course. On regions of conical section like the forearm, 



