▁As ▁a ▁result , ▁Lar rey ▁accum ulated ▁a ▁vast ▁experience ▁of ▁military ▁medicine ▁and ▁surg ery . ▁One ▁of ▁his ▁patients ▁after ▁the ▁Battle ▁of ▁Bor od ino ▁in ▁ 1 8 1 2 ▁was ▁an ▁inf antry ▁officer ▁whose ▁arm ▁was ▁am put ated ▁at ▁the ▁shoulder . ▁The ▁patient ▁was ▁ev acu ated ▁immediately ▁following ▁the ▁operation ▁and ▁passed ▁from ▁Russia , ▁through ▁Poland ▁and ▁Germany . ▁When ▁the ▁dress ing ▁was ▁removed ▁on ▁his ▁arrival ▁home ▁in ▁France , ▁the ▁w ound ▁had ▁he aled . ▁Lar rey ▁concluded ▁that ▁the ▁fact ▁that ▁the ▁w ound ▁had ▁been ▁und ist urbed ▁had ▁facil itated ▁he aling . ▁After ▁the ▁war , ▁Lar rey ▁began ▁st iff ening ▁band ages ▁using ▁cam ph or ated ▁alco hol , ▁lead ▁ac et ate ▁and ▁egg ▁whites ▁be aten ▁in ▁water . ▁ ▁An ▁improved ▁method ▁was ▁introduced ▁by ▁Louis ▁Se ut in , ▁( 1 7 9 3 – 1 8 6 5 ) ▁of ▁Br uss els . ▁In ▁ 1 8 1 5 ▁Se ut in ▁had ▁served ▁in ▁the ▁al lied ▁arm ies ▁in ▁the ▁war ▁against ▁Napoleon ▁and ▁was ▁on ▁the ▁field ▁of ▁Water lo o . ▁At ▁the ▁time ▁of ▁the ▁development ▁of ▁his ▁band age ▁he ▁was ▁chief ▁sur geon ▁in ▁the ▁Belg ium ▁army . ▁Se ut in ' s ▁" band age ▁amid onne e " ▁consisted ▁of ▁card board ▁spl ints ▁and ▁band ages ▁so aked ▁in ▁a ▁solution ▁of ▁st arch