. Railway surgery : a handbook on the management of injuries . Fig. 62.—Result of Conservatism in Injury to the Thumb. Resection of proximalphalanx. (Case of Dr. F. A. Palmer.) wrist, the consequent bleeding will not be enough to soil the dressing. This obviates the difficulty of searching for the small vessels in the torn tissues, and saves much time. Now a word as to the thumb. A hand without a thumb 11 162 RAILWAY SURGERY. is scarcely a hand at all, while a fmgerless palm with athumb is far better, for upon the latter the grasping powerof the hand depends. Therefore all efforts possible sho
. Railway surgery : a handbook on the management of injuries . Fig. 62.—Result of Conservatism in Injury to the Thumb. Resection of proximalphalanx. (Case of Dr. F. A. Palmer.) wrist, the consequent bleeding will not be enough to soil the dressing. This obviates the difficulty of searching for the small vessels in the torn tissues, and saves much time. Now a word as to the thumb. A hand without a thumb 11 162 RAILWAY SURGERY. is scarcely a hand at all, while a fmgerless palm with athumb is far better, for upon the latter the grasping powerof the hand depends. Therefore all efforts possible should. Fig. 63.—Loss of Thumb, Index, and Middle Fingers. (Case of Dr. F. A. Palmer.) be made, in case the thumb is injured, to save every frac-tion of it. Even if it is necessary to attempt to cover overdenuded bone, or to stitch down tendons that are torn from
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