Tourniquet
Historical document, translated for reference. It reflects medical knowledge of the 1920s–30s and is not medical advice.
Summary
A tourniquet is a device for temporarily stopping bleeding from large vessels of the extremities or head by compressing the feeding vessels. It consists of fabric or leather straps with appropriate metal buckles for fixation after compression.
Encyclopedia entry (1928–1936)
TOURNIQUET (from French tourniquet), a device for the temporary stopping of bleeding from large vessels of the extremities or head by compression of the feeding vessels. The T. consists of fabric or leather straps, equipped with appropriate metal buckles for fixing the T. after compression of the feeding vessels. There exist numerous different modifications of T., differing from each other in the material from which they are made (leather, canvas, etc.), or in one type or another of the fixing buckle. The lack of elasticity in T., which easily leads to damage to the tissues subjected to pressure (especially nerves), is a negative factor in the effect of tourniquets, thanks to which they have now been completely replaced by elastic rubber blood-stopping tourniquets of various types.
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“Tourniquet.” Soviet Medical Encyclopedia. English translation of Bolshaya Meditsinskaya Entsiklopediya, 1st ed. (Moscow, 1928–1936), ed. N. A. Semashko. https://sovietmedicalencyclopedia.pages.dev/article/tourniquet/