of
bandaging. When you arrive at the knee, pass the bandage round the leg
in circles just below the knee, and pin it as usual.

Bandaging is very easy, and if you once see any one apply a bandage
properly, and attend to these rules, there will not be any difficulty;
but bear one thing in mind, without which you will never put on a
bandage even decently; and that is, _never to drag_ or pull at a
bandage, but make the turns while it is slack, and you have your right
forefinger placed upon the point where it is to be folded down. When a
limb is properly bandaged, the folds should run in a line
corresponding to the shin-bone. Use, to retain dressings, and for
varicose veins.

820. A Bandage for the Chest

A bandage for the chest is always placed upon the patient in a sitting
posture; and it may be put on in circles, or spirally. Use, in
fractures of the ribs, to retain dressings, and after severe
contusions.

821. A Bandage for the Belly

A bandage for the belly is placed on the patient as directed for the
chest, carrying it spirally from above downwards. Use, to compress
belly after dropsy, or retain dressings.

822. Bandaging the Hand.

The hand is bandaged by crossing the bandage over the back of the hand
Use, to retain dressings.

823. Different Bandages for the Head.

For the head, a bandage may be circular, or spiral, or both; in the
latter case, commence by placing one circular turn just over the ears;
then bring down from left to right, and round the head again, so as to
alternate a spiral with a circular turn. Use, to retain dressings on
the head or over the eye; but this form soon gets slack. The circular
bandage is the best, crossing it over both eyes.

824. For the Foot.

Place the end just above the outer ankle, and make two circular turns,
to prevent its slipping: then bring it down from the inside of the
foot over the instep towards the outer part; pass it under the sole of
the foot, and upwards and inward over the instep towards the inner
ankle, then round the ankle and repeat again. Use, to retain dressings
to the instep, heel, or ankle.

825. For the Leg and Foot

For the leg and foot, commence and proceed as directed in the
preceding paragraph; then continue if up the leg as ordered in the
_Recurrent Bandage_.

826. Substitutes.

As it sometimes happens that it is necessary to apply a bandage at