bandage
noun
a strip of cloth or other material used to bind up a wound, sore, sprain, etc.
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
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“While I am bandaging this poor fellow, and while I am expecting fresh cases every moment?”
From The Queen's Scarlet The Adventures and Misadventures of Sir Richard Frayne by A. Monro Smith