[Ads-l] "Full Nine Yards" from 1894

[Bonnie Taylor-Blake]

On Sun, Aug 9, 2015 at 7:16 PM, ADSGarson O'Toole
<adsgarsonotoole at gmail.com> wrote:

> To supplement my previous post: Below is a short link to the desired
> location together with a longer excerpt mentioning four different
> bandage lengths. Nine yards was the longest.
>
> Year: 1918
> Title: The Treatment of Emergencies
> Author: Hubley R. Owen M.D.
> Publisher: W.B. Saunders Company
> Quote Page 206 and 207

Yes, and specifications for a nine-yard-long bandage go back at least
to 1891.  (Doug Wilson had mentioned this earlier today.  I stopped
looking for other instances once I got back to 1891.)  Note that a
30-foot bandage was apparently required for injuries of the trunk!

https://books.google.com/books?id=AtnDNiUjn0sC&pg=PA17&lpg=PA17&dq=%22nine+yards%22+bandage&source=bl&ots=2b70Vx-8xL&sig=I29ciFGRr4DhyUNC3-rKPhInlXQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CCQQ6AEwAWoVChMI2tOOn-qcxwIViIwNCh1GYQ_l#v=onepage&q=%22nine%20yards%22%20bandage&f=false

or http://tinyurl.com/q3mpz3g

-- Bonnie

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