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Tlie two heads are now brousfht over the lonpncttes, and 

 in the fame manner alfo over the woui;d ; hut this nin.1 be 

 done in a ver)- loofe manner. Tlic heads arc then fiiifted 

 into different hands, and drawn tight, by which means the 

 longuettes are broujrht to^etiier, and the wn-nd unittd. 

 The two heads are then (lung round each other, over the 

 middle of the wound, then (hifted again into different hands, 

 and carried back in the fame manner as they were brought 

 forwards to the wound. Tliis turn may be repeated three, 

 four, or more times, according to the (--/.e of the wound. 

 The ends are then either entirely wo;;!.d off in circular turns, 

 or fliould they not be long enough for that purpofe, pinned 

 to the other turns. 



Should no unfavourable fymptoms fiipervene, the uniting 

 bandage may be fufTered to remain in its fituation, five, fix, 

 and, if the wound be deep, ftiil mo;e days. Great accuracy, 

 however, muft always be ufed in applying it, as the wound 

 is to be united from its bottom ; and the dimenfions of the 

 longuettes, or compreffes, muft alfo be regulated accord- 

 ingly ; for with deep wounds they muft be thicker, and 

 with fuperficial wounds thinner. When the wound is en- 

 tirely fi:perficial, none are required. Vv'hen the bandage is 

 removed, the part muft be retained prceifcly in the fame po- 

 fition that has been given to it, and the new baudage applied 

 in the fame manner as the former. Even after the wound 

 has completely healed, it will ftill be proper, by way of 

 precaution, to leave the bandage in its fituation for fome 

 days longer. 



The Bandage of ih: Patella fraSured longitudinally. For 

 this purpofe is required a bandage from fixteen to twenty- 

 f.>ui- feet long, three fingers broad, and rolled upon two 

 heads. When it is applied, the hollow of the knee muft 

 be bolftered with compreffes, and a fmall longuette, about 

 half an inch thick, laid on each fido of the knee-pan. The 

 middle part ct the bandage is then laid upon the hollow of 

 the knee, and both heads brought forwards ; a flit is then cut 

 into the one part, through which the head of the other is 

 paffed, in fuch a manner that the (lit fits to the middle of 

 the knee-pan, after which the bandage is drawn tight tranf- 

 verfely. The heads are then carried backwards, but oblique- 

 ly, fo that one comes to be fiturted higher than the other; 

 and the bandaging is completed wHth circular turns. In 

 order to keep the leg conftantly extended, a weli-bolftcred 

 ferula or fphnt is laid into the hoFiow of the knee, which 

 may be faftened there by the laft turns of the bandage. For 

 greater fecuritv, the leg may alfo be inclof'*d in a box pro- 

 perly lined, which reaches as high as the thigh. 



\Ve do not here profefs to give an entire treatife on Ban- 

 dages, but only an account of thofe which are mo'l com- 

 monly ufed. Several authors, both ancient and modern, 

 have difcourfed on this fubjcifl veiy amply. In particular, 

 we recommend the perufal of Vidus Vidius, for the opinions 

 and pradiice of the oldeft furgeons, which he has trauflated 

 from the original Greek, and ei'.icidatcd by various figures : 

 edit. Lutetix Parifiorum, fol. 1544. Among the moderns, 

 the heft writers on bandages are M. Sue, Thillaye, Hcifter, 

 Lombard, and Bernftein ; but all of them are too prolix 

 and tedious, efpecially the French authors. 



Mr. John Bell of Edinburgh has endenvonred to fimplify 

 this ftudy in his firft volume of ',' Principles of Surgery ;" 

 there is, however, a very fingular declaration in that part of 

 Mr. Bell's book, iv's. " Thofe innumerable forms in which 

 the ancients turned the roller rou d the head, neck, and 

 body," fays he, " are to be found in the trcatiies of Sora- 

 nus, Glaucus, Diodes, and Galen. In their treatifcs I find 

 nothing but what has fallen into dcfei-ved negleft, nothing 

 that I could m.ention either for your amufement or inftruc- 

 tion." See page 129. Now it happens in this inftancc, if 

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not in fome others, that Mr. Bell has never pcrtifed the au- 

 thors whom h; quotes ; for no trcatif<-s of the kind a'luded to, 

 by Soranu', Glaucus, and Dioclts, have ever dtfccnded to 

 their pollcrity. Galen, indied, wrote on bandages, and hi« 

 obfervations arc trai. dated by Vidus Vidius, iu the coUeaion 

 we have already referred to ; but cenaii.lv Mr. Btll has had 

 no accefs to copies of any fiir.ilar works by tht three former 

 phyficians. 



BANDAL, or Bandle, in Commerce, the name of « 

 meafurc ufed in the foutli of Ireland, wh'ch i« fomcwhat 

 more than half a yard, by which coarfc n-.rrow linen is fold 

 in the markets ; whence it is called handal-dah. 



BANDALEER, Baxdlleir, or Br.ndUccr, a large 

 leathern belt, thrown over the right ftioulder, and hanging 

 down imder the kft arn ; \.orn by the n.ufqutteers in the 

 time of James and Cliarks i. both for the fi;iisining of their 

 fire-arms, and for the carri3gc of t'ltir mufquct-chargci j 

 which being put up in little wooden, tin, or leathern, 

 cyhndric b)xes, were hung, to the nun-.ber of twelve, to 

 each bandalecr. Eacli of thefe boxes contained a Cagle 

 charge of powder. 



Tlie word is originally French, landoudler, formed appa- 

 rently from landouHer, a kind of banditti particularly infeft- 

 ing the Pyreneans, who were formeiiy diltinguiflied'by t"!ii« 

 piece of furniture ; and were themfclves fo deuomiiiated, 

 qtiaft ban de -colirres, a in'.t of rdbert. 



The French foldiery ftill retain the bandalcer; their horfe, 

 their mufqueteers, and common guards, wearing it indif- 

 ferently ; excepting for fome difference in its garr.iture. 

 Grofe (Treatilc on Anc'cnt Armour, p. 293.) fa-\s, thij 

 contrivance fcems to have been borrowed from the Dutch or 

 Walloons. 



BANDARMALANKA, in Ceogiaphy, a town of Hin- 

 doftan, in the Circaro, fituand at the mouth of the river 

 Godaver)-. N. lat. 16' 25'. E. lung. 83^ 26'. 



BANDE', or in Bend, in Heraldry, expreffcs the pofition 

 of a lion, when he is placed diagonally in the ftiield. 



BANDED, a term applied to a garb, or wheat flieaf, 

 &c. when the band is of a colour different from that of the 

 garb itfelf. 



BANDELCaus, in Geography, a town of Africa, en 

 the coait of the kingdom of Adel. 



Bavdel, a town in the kingdom of Bengal, fituate 

 on the weftern arm of the Ganges, or Hougly river. N. 

 lat. 22° 53'. E. long. 88° 32'. 



BANDELET, or Basdlet, m /Irchitedure, any little 

 band or flat moulding, encompaOing a column, like a ring ; 

 as that which crowns the Doric arciiitrave. It is alfo called 

 tirnia, which Vitnivius I'.fcs for the fame thing ; fometimes 

 fiiy, diadema, &c. It is fometimes ufed for the three part* 

 which compofe the architrave, called by Vitruvius, yfl/I-zVi 

 and which are fometimes alfo denominated lar.dj or plal-bamL. 



BANDELLO, Matthew^, in Biography, biflicp of 

 Ageu, was born tov.ards the clofe (if the fifteenth century, 

 at Caftelnuovo of Scrivia, in the Milaiiefe. He entered 

 into the fociety of the Dominicans; and after many changes 

 of fituation, he fettled in France ; and in 1550 was nomi- 

 nated by Henry II. to the billiopric of Ageu ; but he paid 

 little attention to the duties of his office. The time of bit 

 death is not exactly known; but he was liWng in 1561. 

 He was principally diilinguilhcd as a writer of novels. His 

 coUeftion was firil printed at Lucca in IJ54, in three vo- 

 lumes 4to. under the title of " Novclle del Bandcllo," to 

 which was added another volume, printed at Lyor.sin 1573. 

 The edition of London in 1740 comprifcs four volumes 4to. 

 In his narrations the author is laid to imitate the manner of 

 Boccacio, and to write in a lively, pleaung ftyle ; but he 

 has alfo copied hit mvdcl in thofe licentious freedoms, which 

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