Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-05-30

Knit two ribs on one side and one rip
on other lover and back is one nd.
Knit one stitch, put thread arouho
needle. knit next stitch and repeat 70
end Of row.
Knit the knitted stitch. drop tne
thread around needle and repeat "
end of row and repeat instructions
until you have ten OF the doupie
rows and nine of the single large
mesh rows. and finish.
| Zone dozen in each PACKAGE
| Note Encompasses, gauze rolis.
sponges, laparotomy pads and knltteo
| wines should be wrapped in cover OF
| cotton cloth (unbleached preferable) or
clean old unchanged cotton or hnen'
sufficiently large to completely cover
| contents. state clearly on each pack
age kind and number Of dressings. fof
example:
American Red Cross
1. Chapter
"a Gauze Pads, 4 Inches Square
'Rubber stamps are suggested for
marking but are not supplied by Ma
| tional Headquarters.
| Note 2:-Owing to the fact tha'
| and the difficulty encountered in secur-
ing rustless pins, it is recommehoeo
| that all packages be tied securely with
| stout string.
| Note 3:-In we'll organized work
rooms where groups Of expert workers
have been developed, gauze may be CUT
| by machinery. Authorized Red cross
Instructors giving the course "Prepar-
alton Of Dressings" should teach cut
ting by a drawn thread, as it is i'm
portant to develop accuracy and neat
ness before skill can be acquired.
Note 4:-Approximately $500 yards OF
gauze will be required to make the
| gauze dressings for each army Base
| Hospital.
| Class -"
! Muslin Randages
! Sizes inches wide by yards long (32
dozen).
| Size-4 inches wide by yards long (32
| dozen).
! Observation-Disclosures should be wound
| tightly on a bandage-roller, fastened
| with a small pin. AS matter OF
economy it is recommended that
muslin one yard wide be used as
! follows: Remove selvage edges and
rip cloth into strips OF equal width,
IL strips for 3-inch and strips for
! 4-inch bandages. Bandages will be
slightly narrower than standard but
! near enough for practical purposes.
| (Bandage-rollers can be purchased
! from any dealer in surgical supplies.
Small rollers can usually be purchased
for about $2.50)
/ Materia l-cOttOn cloth, unbleacned,
t uniformly woven to the full width
of So inches, with proper selvages at
| both edges Mesh SIS Sc or 56 X 60.
! (One-half dozen in each package,
tied firmly)
! Crinolne Bandages
Size-3 inches wide, yards long q
! dozen.
| Size-4 inches wide, 5 yards long e
| 'dozen).
.Crinoline, as per sample. Fine mesh
I is not desirable.
Directions-wind by hand and fasten
with pin.
! (One-half dozen in each package)
Flannel Bandages
Sizes inches wide, 5 yards long g
| dozen).
! Size-4 inches wide, yards long e
| dozen).
! Directions-May be wound tightly by
/ hand or on a bandage- roller, fastened
/ with small pin
Materiaf-white or unbleached outing
! flannel. same as for operating !eggings.
(One-half dozen in each package, tied
| firmly)
Head Bandages-FourTail Is dozen)
Directions-Use 1-yard wide good quail
| ity unbleached muslin. Tear inches
1 the width of the goods. Fold length
| wise and tear along the crease IL
; inches from each end.
/ Material-same as for muslin BAND
! ages.
T Bandages e dozen)
! Direc tions-Fold neatly and fasten
| with two safety pins.
! Material-same as for muslin pand-
ages.
Triangular Bandages or Sings 30
dozen)
Directions for making-Cut muslin one
! yard square. fold on bias and cut,
| making two bandages triangular in
! shape from each square; narrow hem
| for raw edges Fold neatly and fas-
| ten with two safety pins.
| Material-same as for muslin band
| ages.
zone dozen in each package)
| Abdominal Bandanes or Binders no
! dozen)
! Directions for making-Cut muslin one
| and one-half yards long. fold length
wise sew edges together, making the
| binder double, one and one-half
| yards long by one-half' yard wide.
when finished. Fold neatly and
| fasten with six safety pins.
Material-Same as for muslin band
! ages.
! cone dozen in each package)
Oakum Pads (12 dozen)
| Size by II inches.
| (Six in each package)
F., Fracture or Spiint Pillows (6 dozen)
| (To protect fractured limbs from
| splints)
| SiZe-13 II inches.
| May be filed with waste cotton clip
| pings, picked sphagnum moss, Spanish
moss or similar materials. "
| (Three in each package)
| Note:-Muslin articles. oakum pads
! and fracture pillows need not be wrap
ped in covers; may be tied together
with stout string.
HOSPITAL LINEN
| Sheets. Bed $3.50 dozen) 10000 sheets)