The practice of surgery . from ;of removing as little as possible fromthe organs of prehension. And besides,another practical axiom comes intoplay ; namely, that the farther removedan amputation is from the trunk of thebody, the less is the risk to life flaps may be made either bytransfixion, or by cutting from withoutinwards. The former mode is usuallypreferred. In the case of the left fore-arm, the surgeon with his left handpinches up the cushion of flesh on thedorsal aspect, and enters his knife hori-zontally over the ulna, bringing it outat a corresponding point over the radius
The practice of surgery . from ;of removing as little as possible fromthe organs of prehension. And besides,another practical axiom comes intoplay ; namely, that the farther removedan amputation is from the trunk of thebody, the less is the risk to life flaps may be made either bytransfixion, or by cutting from withoutinwards. The former mode is usuallypreferred. In the case of the left fore-arm, the surgeon with his left handpinches up the cushion of flesh on thedorsal aspect, and enters his knife hori-zontally over the ulna, bringing it outat a corresponding point over the knife is again introduced, beneaththe ulna, and pushed through on thepalmar aspect of the bones; not at thesame point as the former transfixion,but about half an inch lower down—aprecaution which is to be attended toin all double-flap amputations, as alreadystated (p. 687). An assistant retractsthe flaps ; with a few circular sweeps of the knife the surgeon clears the bone of soft parts, at the very upper Fig. The ordinary tourniquet shown in applica-tion to the brachial artery; a bandage enact-ing the part of compress over the vessel—notvery accurately placed.
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