“But nothing gave away Stierlitz more than the wrong shade of uniform and an Esmarch bandage sticking out of a pocket instead of a proper tourniquet.” The ruse didn’t work.

Exsanguination of the right upper extremity was performed with Esmarch bandage and tourniquet placement. The procedure then began with carpal tunnel decompression.

The parcel contained two British Army Esmarch compressed illustrated triangular bandages which have quite some historical significance and probably date from between 1899 and 1916. The bandages ...

"Originally invented in Switzerland, the triangular bandage was popularized by Friederich von Esmarch (1823–1908), Surgeon General of the German Army during the Franco-Prussian war. Able to be folded ...

Original Article from The New England Journal of Medicine — Embolism of the Pulmonary Arteries in Consequence of the Application of Elastic Bandages to the Lower Extremities (Esmarch's Method) ...