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used to approximate wounds on the side of the neck 

 and to prevent contraction after burns. C, Simple 

 Bis-axillary ; place the body of the cravat in the 

 axilla, cross the ends over the shoulder, and after 

 carrying one across the back and the other 

 across the breast, tie them together at the an- 

 terior border of the axilla of the opposite side. C, 

 Simple Bis-axillo-scapulary ; this is a posterior fig- 

 ure-of-eight, and is best formed with a strip of muslin 

 three inches wide and ten yards long. Place the center 

 of the strip in front of the shoulder and the axilla ; bring 

 one end back over the top of the shoulder and the 



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knee, and pinned or tied as they are turned downward. 

 C, Tibial ; place the body of a handkerchief, folded 

 into a cravat, obliquely across the posterior surface of 

 the leg, and carry the extremities around the limb, the 

 one below the knee, and the other above the malleoli. 

 Mayor's Bandage for Fractured Clavicle ; the arm 

 is flexed at a right- angle and confined to the side of the 

 chest by a triangular handkerchief, the base being 

 placed above the forearm and the two extremities 

 fastened on the back, the apex hanging down in front. 

 The two folds forming the apex are carried up between 

 the arm and the body and the under one is passed to 



temporal Triangle. 



Fronto-occipital Triangle. 



Auriculo-occipital Triangle. 



Triangular or Hunter's 

 Cap of the Head. 



Brachio-cervical Triangle. 



Oblique Triangle of the Arm and Chest Mayor's Bandage for Fractured Clavicle. 



Scroto-lumbar Triangle, 

 suspensory Bandage of the Scrotum). 



Ilio-inguinal Cravat (double). 

 The Sacro Bi-crural Cravat of Mayor. 



Ilio-inguinal Cravat. 

 (The Cruro-pelvic Cravat of Mayor ) 



other through the axilla, cross them between the 

 scapulae, carrying the axillary end over the shoulder of 

 the opposite side and back through the axilla, and the 

 humeral end forward through the axilla, the two over- 

 lapping each other ; then fasten their ends front and 

 back. This is an extemporaneous dressing for fracture 

 of the clavicle. C, Tarso-patellar ; this requires 

 three handkerchiefs, all in cravat-form. One is to be 

 placed about the knee as a figure-of-eight ; a second 

 round the foot in front of the ankle ; the third is passed 

 through the loop of the latter, the ends being carried 

 on either side through the figure-of-eight of the 



the sound shoulder, while the upper one is carried to 

 the affected shoulder. A broad piece of bandage is 

 fastened to one apex and carried beneath the handker- 

 chief at the back and is then brought up and fastened 

 to the other apex on the opposite shoulder. 



The most important triangles are the following : T., 

 Auriculo-occipital, a variety of handkerchief-dress- 

 ing for the head, used in keeping an application to the 

 ear in proper place. The base of the handkerchief is 

 placed in front of the ear to be covered, and the apex 

 directed backward. The lower end is next carried 

 under the jaw and up over the face in front of the 



