. Modern surgery, general and operative. Fig. 1056.—Amputation of the toes withand without the metatarsal bones. Fig. 105; -Lines in amputations of thefoot (Gross). afterward the artery may be exposed and tied. When this is done, the amountof blood remaining in the arm is lost. The procedure that he selects as thebest, however, is to expose the axillary artery as high up as possible, and placea temporary ligature around it; then elevate the arm, empty it of blood, placea permanent ligature around the third part of the subclavian artery, anddivide the artery in this portion of its course (Rober
. Modern surgery, general and operative. Fig. 1056.—Amputation of the toes withand without the metatarsal bones. Fig. 105; -Lines in amputations of thefoot (Gross). afterward the artery may be exposed and tied. When this is done, the amountof blood remaining in the arm is lost. The procedure that he selects as thebest, however, is to expose the axillary artery as high up as possible, and placea temporary ligature around it; then elevate the arm, empty it of blood, placea permanent ligature around the third part of the subclavian artery, anddivide the artery in this portion of its course (Robert G. LeConte. Annals ofSurgery, Oct., 1902). If the scapula be involved in the tumor, the mortalityis something over 23 per cent. (Berger, Revue de Chir., Aug., 1905). I havetwice performed the operation successfully and in each case followed
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