A Description of the Newly-Invented Elastic Tourniquet, for the Use of Armies and Employment in Civil Life: Its Uses and Applications, With Remarks on ... Gunshot and Other Wounds
Excerpt from A Description of the Newly-Invented Elastic Tourniquet, for the Use of Armies and Employment in Civil Its Uses and Applications, With Remarks on the Different Methods of Arresting Hemorrhage From Gunshot and Other Wounds
In some instances a piece of compressed sponge, or a compress, may be applied directly to the wound, and confined there with the smaller pad, with the usual effect of arresting the hemorrhage.
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