Commentaries on the surgery of the war in Portugal, Spain, France, and the NetherlandsJ.B. Lippincott, 1862 - 614 páginas |
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abdomen adhesive afterward amputation aneurism appeared applied ball battle battle of Albuhera battle of Toulouse battle of Waterloo bladder bled bleeding blood bowels brain breathing calomel cause cavity chest chloroform cicatrix closed compression diaphragm discharge disease divided dura mater edge effect effusion enlarged extent external wound extremity fascia femoral artery femur fever finger flap fluid formed fracture frequently gangrene gradually head healed hemorrhage hospital humerus iliac inches incision inflammation injury integuments intestine irritation knife left side less ligament ligature limb lodged lower lung matter membrane muscles muscular musket-ball nearly nerve opening operation ounces pain passed patient periosteum peritoneum pleura portion posterior pressure protruded pulse purulent quantity recovered Regiment removed ribs right side shoulder-joint skin sloughing soft soldier splinters stomach stump suffered surface surgeon surgery sutures symptoms take place tendons thigh tibia tion tourniquet treatment ulceration upper urine usually vein vessels
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Página 420 - ... left. The apex beats between the cartilages of the fifth and sixth left ribs, at a point about two inches below the nipple and one inch on its sternal side.
Página 314 - ... its fragments rattled within the scalp as if loose in a bag. Even that fearful missile, the shell, may crush the skull, without opening the scalp, as in the following case reported by Mr. Guthrie : A French grenadier was brought to the field hospital, the second day after the battle of Salamanca, who had received a blow on the left side of the head, probably from a piece of shell, which had caused a contusion and swelling on the left parietal bone, with a graze of the scalp, but without any opening...
Página 491 - ... united by suture. If the wound can neither be seen nor felt, it will be sufficient for the moment to provide for the free discharge of any extravasated or effused matters which may require removal. 16. A dilatation or enlargement of a wound in the abdomen should never take place unless in connection with something within the cavity rendering it necessary. 17. If the epigastric, circumflexa ilii, or other artery in the wall of the abdomen, be injured and bleed, the wound should be enlarged, and...
Página 106 - Amputation of the arm immediately below the tuberosities of the humerus ought to be done in the following manner: — the arm being raised from the side, and an assistant having compressed, or being ready to compress, the subclavian artery, the surgeon commences his incision one or two fingers' breadth beneath the acromion process, and carries it to the inside of the arm, below the edge of the pectoral muscle, then under the arm to the outside, where it is to be met by another incision, begun at...
Página 301 - ... assumed a dull heavy expression, and she manifested an unusual tendency to sleep. All the ordinary remedies having failed to relieve these symptoms, Mr Guthrie was requested to see her, and the operation of trephining was eventually agreed upon. " ' April 1st, 1841.—Mr Guthrie this day removed a disc of bone from the exact point in the parietal region to which she referred the pain. The portion of bone presented no evidence of disease ; its thickness varied from two and...
Página 491 - ... being divided, sutures should never be introduced into these structures. 6. Muscular parts are to be brought into apposition, and so retained principally by position, aided by a continuous suture through the integuments only, together with long strips of adhesive plaster, moderate compression, and sometimes a retaining bandage. 7. Sutures should never be inserted through the whole wall of the abdomen, and their use in muscular parts, under any circumstances, is forbidden ; unless the wound, from...
Página 85 - The foot being held at a right angle to the leg, the point of a knife is introduced immediately below the malleolar projection of the fibula, rather nearer its posterior than anterior edge, and then carried straight across the bone to the inner side of the ankle, where it terminates at the point exactly opposite its commencement.
Página 262 - I have never seen a person live with a foreign body lodged in the anterior lobe of the brain, although I have seen several recover with the loss of a portion of the brain at this part. My experience then leads me to believe, that an injury of apparently equal extent is more dangerous on the forehead than on the side or middle of the head, and much less so on the back part than on the side.
Página 95 - I made an incision from malleolus to malleolus, directly across the heel. A second incision was next carried along the edge of the sole from the middle of the first, to a point opposite the...
Página 529 - GLUGE (GOTTLIEB). ATLAS OF PATHOLOGICAL HISTOLOGY. Translated by Joseph Leidy, MD, Professor of Anatomy in the University of Pennsylvania, Ac.