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Definition of Scarf bandage
1. Noun. Bandage to support an injured forearm; consisting of a wide triangular piece of cloth hanging from around the neck.
Medical Definition of Scarf bandage
1. A piece of cloth cut in the shape of a right-angled triangle, used as a sling. Synonym: scarf bandage. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Scarf Bandage
Literary usage of Scarf bandage
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Pye's Surgical Handicraft: A Manual of Surgical Manipulations, Minor Surgery by Walter Pye (1893)
"... case the particular plan will often be settled from considerations of future
cleanliness. The triangular or scarf bandage is the half of a square 36 ..."
2. Surgical Handicraft: A Manual of Surgical Manipulations, Minor Surgery, and by Walter Pye (1884)
"The triangular or scarf bandage is the half of a square 36 inches, and is usually
made of unbleached calico. ..."
3. The Transactions of the New York Academy of Medicine by New York Academy of Medicine (1886)
"The application of my scarf bandage splint did not seem quite satisfactory for
holding the fragments in perfect apposition, as the adjustment is not so ..."
4. Mechanical Therapeutics by Philip Skinner Wales (1867)
"... the patient was abandoned to her fate, the arm and forearm being supported in
the scarf bandage of M. Mayor. At the end of forty days this was removed, ..."
5. Elementary Bandaging & Surgical Dressing by Walter Pye (1897)
"This may be conveniently made of several layers of lint, cut to the required
shape, and secured by a roller bandage, or by a triangular or scarf bandage ..."
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