The surgeon's handbook on the treatment of wounded in war : a prize essay . Four amputating knives. are all divided right down to the bone (fig. 299), and the bone imme-diately sawn through. In order that the soft parts may cover the Fig. Single circular incision. \75 bone without stretching, it must be sawn through again as high up asthe diameter of the limb requires. For this purpose the end of thebone is seized with a pair of clutch forceps, and while the soft partsare drawn forcibly upwards, the periosteum is peeled up by a raspa-tory till the bone is uncovered for the required dista


The surgeon's handbook on the treatment of wounded in war : a prize essay . Four amputating knives. are all divided right down to the bone (fig. 299), and the bone imme-diately sawn through. In order that the soft parts may cover the Fig. Single circular incision. \75 bone without stretching, it must be sawn through again as high up asthe diameter of the limb requires. For this purpose the end of thebone is seized with a pair of clutch forceps, and while the soft partsare drawn forcibly upwards, the periosteum is peeled up by a raspa-tory till the bone is uncovered for the required distance.* Fig. 300.


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