The next step was to work a projecting moulding round the dressings and lintel forming the architrave.
The dressings ought to be light, the ointment, if any is used, scanty; in some cases the application may be dry; but in many cases various lotions will be found of much advantage.
Mild dressings are to be applied, and proper support afforded.
If possible, the dressings ought not to be removed before the second day, as much irritation will be produced by their frequent renewal.
Afterwards such dressings are to be employed as agree with the stages of the sore.
If the vein is much distended, and it is evident that it contains a confined accumulation of pus, it ought to be treated as a common abscess, the matter evacuated by an incision, and various dressings employed, according to circumstances.
The evacuation of the matter affords great relief; afterwards bread poultices or water-dressings are to be applied to the wounds, the other parts should be assiduously fomented, and attention given to the position of the limb.
The dressings thus arranged do not adhere, and the tender cicatrix is not ruffled and disturbed; or a piece of pierced linen spread thinly with unirritating ointment may be placed over the sore, and above that dry lint.
They should be kept soft and supple by the use of one of the various dressings on the market or one compounded at home.
These heavier dressingsinterfere with the evaporation of the perspiration causing the feet to sweat in warm weather.
If the wound is inflamed and discharging pus clean as well as possible and keep the dressing wet with cooled boiled water, reapplying every three hours or sufficiently to keep the dressings wet.
It is only marls of high degree of purity that can be put on the market with profit, but beds of less pure marl furnish dressings for farms of the locality in many sections of the country.
Some of these inferior marls have had so much clay and sand mixed with the lime carbonate that dressings must be heavy.
First dressings put on by the man himself or by a comrade in the firing-line were removed and fresh dressings substituted.
The page Eviot again appeared at the mediciner's summons, and at his master's sign assisted the chirurgeon in removing the dressings from Sir John Ramorny's wounded arm.
The following indications almost certainly point to the need of dressings of land plaster: 1.
Potassic fertilizers give the best results when applied to clovers, but dressings of phosphoric acid may also be helpful.
But the growth may, of course, be stimulated by the application of dressings of fertilizer, such as gypsum, or those that may be termed potassic in character.
The nitrogen in clover is yielded up more gradually and continuously as nitrates than it could be obtained from any form of top dressingsthat can be given to the land.
Having passed the first winter, further dressings are not absolutely essential, though they may prove helpful.
The demand for shell-dressings exceeded the supply.
He had shown his disapproval of us by paying particular attention to our batteries; as a consequence our shell-dressings were all used up, having gone out with the gentlemen on stretchers who were contemplating a vacation in Blighty.
The new, cool dressings were a delicious relief, and left his arm at full liberty for action of any kind.
I will change all these dressings now, and put on lighter ones, and in a few days there will be no more danger of relapse.
While the limb remains swelled and painful, the surgeon is required to attend and keep the dressings (bandages and splints) on.
When dressings are applied, they should not be removed until they become dry and irritating.
Most of the beds were carried out under the trees after the morning dressings were done, and the men lay gossiping and smoking when they could get tobacco.
Before they were there it was a Serbian hospital, and the staff threw all the dirty, stained dressings over the cliff, down which they rolled to the road.
Fuller, we visited the wounded who were under the good care of a young physician just from the college at Aintab, but without medicine, surgical dressings and appliances.
Medicines and surgical dressings were provided for the work in this district by Mr. E.
Those who were wounded had their wounds dressed at the scene of battle, and although some of the dressings were temporary, they feared to have any person touch them, until assured that they would be treated as gently as possible.
As has been implied, various salad dressings may be made to serve with salads.
Sometimes these dressings contain no fat, and other times they have for their basis sweet or sour cream, but usually they are made so that they are somewhat acid to the taste.
Although mayonnaise dressing is prepared without the application of heat, it is not one of the simplest dressings to prepare.
Various dressings may be served with fruit salad, and usually the one selected depends on the preference of those to whom it is served.
In addition to the ingredients used in the preparation of salads, dressings usually form an important part.
Then, too, it is one of the dressings that may be made without oil, and so finds favor with those to whom oil is not agreeable.
A number of recipes for saladdressings are here given.
Exceeding care must be exercised in bandaging the hock, however, lest the animal be so irritated that in the extreme flexion of the tarsus which is often caused by bandaging, the wound dressings may be completely deranged.
If the parts are badly infected and profuse discharge of pus exists a daily change of dressings is necessary.
Needless to say, the skin must be kept perfectly clean and the dressingsfree from all irritating substances.
Pressure is unavoidable in the use of adhesive dressings or where careful attention is not given the manner of applying cotton to the parts.
In applying moist dressings care must be used not to have any leaking nor wetting of the bed or clothing.
Insane patients frequently will resist all care and every effort to prevent bed-sores, tearing off the bandages and dressings and picking and irritating the sores.
I ran for dressings to one of our ambulances, and we knelt in the right attitude beside the hero in his scarlet clothes, while the "lady of the bureau" begged for the bullet!
I went to the hospital for lunch, and afterwards I asked Mr. Bevan to come to the station to look at some wounded whose dressings had not been touched for too long.
The first dressings are removed by the doctors--sometimes there is only a lump of cotton-wool to fill up a hole--and the men lie there with their tragic eyes fixed upon one.
Put on fresh dressings and we'll inspect the head.
The remainder had many wounds, but none of them were very serious; and later, when the overworked surgeons had a moment to spare, a few small dressings and strips of plaster were sufficient.
But, before any such measure could be taken, our signal was thrown out, and the doctor compelled to trust his carcass in the cockpit, where Morgan and I were busy in putting our instruments and dressings in order.
Let as many turns of the bandages be used as are absolutely necessary to cover and secure the dressings of the wound; all in addition are not only superfluous, but detrimental.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "dressings" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
