The surgeon's handbook on the treatment of wounded in war : a prize essay . oint is exposed. 4. The head of the humerus is pushed upwards; and an incision,macle with some force above the two tuberosities, divides the capsuleand tendons in front of the joint. 5. The head of the humerus is now tilted forwards, while theknife, placed behind it, divides the capsule on the inner side of the joint. 6. The operator draws the head of the humerus forwards withhis left hand, carries the knife with long sweeping strokes down theinner side of the bone, as far as 6cm beloAV the axillary folds. He thenturns
The surgeon's handbook on the treatment of wounded in war : a prize essay . oint is exposed. 4. The head of the humerus is pushed upwards; and an incision,macle with some force above the two tuberosities, divides the capsuleand tendons in front of the joint. 5. The head of the humerus is now tilted forwards, while theknife, placed behind it, divides the capsule on the inner side of the joint. 6. The operator draws the head of the humerus forwards withhis left hand, carries the knife with long sweeping strokes down theinner side of the bone, as far as 6cm beloAV the axillary folds. He thenturns the edge of the knife inwards (towards the thorax), and dividesall the soft parts with one stroke. In this inner flap run the greatvessels and nerves. 7. When the haemorrhage cannot be completely controlled bycompression of the subclavian artery, before the inner flap is com-pleted, an assistant, standing above with his thumb in the wound andhis fingers in the axilla, seizes the soft parts on the inside and thoroughlycompresses the artery (fig. 356). Fig. 356. Fig.
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