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Esmarch's bandage I
Associated persons:
Johannes Friedrich August von Esmarch
Description:
A triangular bandage. It is a three-sided piece of linen or cotton, of which the base measures 4 ft. and the sides 2 ft. four inches. It can be used folded or open, and applied in thirty-two different ways. It answers every purpose for temporary dressing and field-work, while its great recommendation is that the means for making it are always at hand.
Bibliography:
- J. F. A. von Esmarch:
Der erste Verband auf dem Schlachtfelde. Kiel, 1869.
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