BAN 



BAN 



The king liimfclf is grand-mafter of the order. 



Bands of a Suddk, denote two flat narrow pieces of iron, 



nailed on each lide the bows of the faddle, to retain 



thofe bows in the litiiation which makes the form of a faddle. 



Band, to put a h-jtu in the, is to nail down the two ends of 



each band to each fide of the bow. 



Bcfides the two great bands, the fore-bow has a fmall one 

 called the wither-band, and the hinder-how another to 

 ftrengthen it. 



Band, in Surgery, is a long flip of linen, or fime other 

 convenient material, intended for the purpofe of binding 

 and furrounding any part of the body. When a band has 

 been rolled up for ufe, into a cylindrical form, it is generally 

 denominated a Bandage or Roller. 



BAND A, in Gtoaraphy, the chief ifland of a group, which 

 comprifes five others, lying clofe to one another, and fituated 

 in the Eadern Pacific ocean, call of Celebes or MacafTar, 

 foutli of Ceram,anJ foinh-ea(l of Amboyna, in abo\it S.lat. 

 5° 45'. E. long. I ^.o' 30'. Thefe iOands are called the 

 Spice or Nutmeg ifl inds, and alfo Banda iflcs from the name 

 of the principal of the group. Banda formed the lecoiid 

 government of the- Dutch to the eailward. The firft of 

 thefe Iflands is Nclra or Nera, where llandsthe chief feUleraent 

 of the pn vince; it has a fpaciotis and commodio'.'.3 harbour, 

 but difficult of accefs; fhlps anchor under the cannon of two 

 forts, called Belgica and Nadau, the firll Handing on an emi- 

 nence, and commanding the whole extent of the iiland and of 

 the harbour, as well as fort NafTau ; the defence of it would re- 

 quire a garrifon of 400men, and yet the whole number of mili- 

 tary in all the idands fcarcely ever exceeds 300. The next 

 ifland is that of Banda, Lantor, or Lonthoir; it does not ex- 

 ceed eight Britifh m.iks in length from weft to eaft, and the 

 greateft brea.lth at its caftern extremity may be five; it has a 

 fort and two or three redoubts. The third and fourth in im- 

 portance are Pul -way or Way, and Pulo-run or Rohn : 

 upon the firft of which is a fmall fort, and upon t!ie other a 

 redoubt. The other two are Ro/.ingen or Roffigen, in 

 which there is a redoubt, and to this ifland the Dutch com- 

 pany often banifh their Rate prifoncrs; and Gunung-api, 

 Gonong, or Ganapcz, which has a volcano conftantly emit- 

 ting fmoke, and often flames. The nutmeg-trte is chiefly 

 cnltivated in Neira, Gonong, Ay or Way, and Lantor or 

 Banda; and it flourlllies not only in the rich black mould, 

 but even amidft the lavas of Gonong, which is the higheft 

 ifle, the fummit being J940 feet above the fea. Wlitn the 

 Englifli admiral Rainier took pofilfllon of the iOaiids of 

 Amb'iyna and Banda, which he felzed without rcfifiarce, 

 in February and MarcH 1 796, the annual produce was about 

 163,000 pounds of nutmegs, and 46,000 pounds of mace. 

 The hurricane and earthquake, in 1778, alm.oft annihilated 

 the nutm;g-trees in Banda, fo tiiat the Dutch have become 

 the dupes of their own avaiice. From 1796 to 17^8, the 

 Englifh Ea^l India company imported 8l7,3l2tt) of cloves, 

 93,73210 of nutmegs, and 46,730]^ of mace, bcfides con- 

 siderable quantities of each in private ' trade and privilege 

 goods, amounting to about a third part of the above. The 

 ground being chiefly occupied with thefe precious planta- 

 tions, cattle and grain, &c. are imported from Bntavia, at 

 the dlilance of three or four weeks' fail. The inhabitants of 

 the Banda iiles were found to be 5763. The EngliiTi were 

 expelled from I^antor and Rohn, at a period prior to the 

 malfacre of Amboyna; but fcized the whole Spice iflands 

 in 1796, and reftored t"em to their Batavian n..;'lers by the 

 treaty with France in 1801. 



To the government of Banda belong likewife feveral other 

 iflands in the neig'abourhood, known by the appellatiops of 

 the South-caftcrn and the South-wettern iflts. Their in- 

 liabitants arc in alliance with the company, and furnilTi a 



confiderable quantity of provifions, confifting of wi!d-boars» 

 ftags, fea-cows, and other articles of food, which tliey barter 

 at Neira for piece-goods and other necefliiries. This trade, 

 however trifling, is very beneficial to the inhabitants of 

 Banda; and it is fnppoled, that the province would derive 

 greater advantages from it, if the company would allow 

 Neira to become a more comm.crcial place: but this is 

 prevented by the fufpicious policy of the government. Sta- 

 vorinub's Voyages, by Wilcocke, vol. i. p. 331. vol. ii p. 418. 



Banda, lean handa Ruyfch. Theat. banilajchc cncntneha 

 and than handan Jang. Swangi, Valcnt amb. bandu lean 

 Vo\oy\, handa Renard Fife, in Ichthyology, fynonymous names 

 of the fpecits of CoRYPH;ENA,callcdby GmcMn penladaflyla, 



BANDAGE, in Surgery, is a Strap, a Fillet, 

 Sv.athe, or Band, applied to its peculiar ufe upon any 

 member, &c. of the body. The nature and appl;i5ation 

 of bandages are a ftudy of confiderable importance in Sur- 

 gery ; for it often happens that the cure of a local difeafe de- 

 pends principally or entirely upon lae proper management of 

 them. Their lubftance and form are various, according to the 

 nature of the cafe, and the intention to be fulfilled in then- 

 application. I'hey may be made of linen, flannel, leather, 

 or cloth compofed of dilTcrent materials. Each of thefe 

 fubftanees, on particular occalions, has its refpeftive ad- 

 vantages or difadvantages. 



The common properties and ufes of bandages are — 



1. To retain parts in their fituation. 



2. To feparate or keep them afunder. 



3. To expel morbid fluids, or prevent their accumulation. 



4. To confine dreflings or external remedies. 



5. To comprcfs and obliterate certain vefli^ls. 



The bandages nioft in ufe are made of linen or cotton. 

 The linen ufed for this purpofe muft have been already worn, 

 but ftiU fnfficiently ftrong, cut according to the direflion of 

 the threads, and without feam. In order to prevent its 

 unravelling, the edges may be flightly ftltched round, but 

 it oujrht to have no teams whatever. 



As it is often impofiible to procure long bandages of a 

 fingle piece, and we are confequently obliged to form tliem 

 of feveral dlfl'erent pieces, they flionld be fewed together 

 with back-ftitches, leaving ends feveral lines in breadth, 

 wliich muft be doubled round and beat perfeftly fm.ooth and 

 eveii. But in order to avoid all the inconveniences that at- 

 tend the ufe of bandages made of linen, it will be bell to 

 ufe fillets of linen exprefsly mani;fai\nred for the purpofe, 

 which may be wove of different bfeadths and lengths. 



Bandages are diftinguiflied into fimplc hand(tg£s, which 

 confift of a fingle piece, and «w/5tt/;(:' bandages, which are 

 com])ofed of feveral different pieces, and whofe application 

 retpurcs greater trouble and flciU. They are alio divided 

 \nUi general bandages, or fuch as may be applied to feveral 

 different parts of the body, and particular bandages, which 

 are adapted only for one particular part. 



Every fimple bandage confifts of a beginning, middle, 

 and end. The beginning and termination arc named its ^nds ; 

 and when the bandage is rolled up, they are called headj. 

 The middle part of the bandage is called its body. When 

 we roll up one end of the band.ige to the other, we have a 

 Jlngte-headed bandage ; but when v.-e roll np each end fepa- 

 rately only towards the middle, it is then termed a double- 

 headed hAnAAge, In order to apply any bandage properly, 

 it is neceflary that it fliould firft be roiled up tight and per- 

 feftly even. The operator, when he applies it, holds its 

 head between the thumb and fore-finger of one hand, in 

 fuch a manner t!:at it lies direfted upwards in the hand, and 

 the end that has been rolled o(F is held down with the other 

 hand upon the part till it is fuuiciently fecured by feveral 

 turns. In rolling out the bandage, the head mult run as 



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