The operating room and the patient; a manual of pre- and post-operative treatment . Fig. 128.—Position for resecting the ribs in pleurectomy.(Fowlers Surgery.) ing the lower limbs. As soon as anesthesia is established thehead of the table is raised in order to lessen hemorrhage. Fre-. Fig. 129.—Position for operations upon the upper abdomen. quently it happens that very little additional anesthesia isrequired when this elevation is used. It is an advantage to have PRE-OPERATIVE PREPARATION AND THE PRIMARY DRESSING 179 the anesthetist out of the way and for this reason vapor anes-thesia is espe
The operating room and the patient; a manual of pre- and post-operative treatment . Fig. 128.—Position for resecting the ribs in pleurectomy.(Fowlers Surgery.) ing the lower limbs. As soon as anesthesia is established thehead of the table is raised in order to lessen hemorrhage. Fre-. Fig. 129.—Position for operations upon the upper abdomen. quently it happens that very little additional anesthesia isrequired when this elevation is used. It is an advantage to have PRE-OPERATIVE PREPARATION AND THE PRIMARY DRESSING 179 the anesthetist out of the way and for this reason vapor anes-thesia is especially desirable. The position for amputation of the breast (Fig. 126) is thedorsal position with a flat sand-bag under the thorax on theaffected side. The patient liesnear the edge of the table onthat side. The arm of the af-fected side is flexed at the elbow,abducted to a right angle at theshoulder, and held in that posi-tion by bandaging the wristloosely to the table or is heldby a nurse. The other handlies close to the patients patients face is turnedaway from the affected side sothat the administration of theanesthetic will not interfere withthe operator. Before the intro-duction of the sutures the armis brought to the side in order tosecure proper approximatio
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