A system of surgery : pathological, diagnostic, therapeutic, and operative . Bone forceps. fore, no need of such a contrivance, as it would only serve todam up the blood in the larger veins, and thus cause injuriouswaste. Position of the Patient.—The position of the patient, thesurgeon, and the assistants, as well as the number of the latter,varies in difierent cases and under different circumstances, anddoes not admit of any precise rules. Generally speaking, the recumbent posturewill be the most suitable, especially if chloroform is given and the operation isat all likely to prove tedious. I
A system of surgery : pathological, diagnostic, therapeutic, and operative . Bone forceps. fore, no need of such a contrivance, as it would only serve todam up the blood in the larger veins, and thus cause injuriouswaste. Position of the Patient.—The position of the patient, thesurgeon, and the assistants, as well as the number of the latter,varies in difierent cases and under different circumstances, anddoes not admit of any precise rules. Generally speaking, the recumbent posturewill be the most suitable, especially if chloroform is given and the operation isat all likely to prove tedious. In cases of any magnitude, as in exsection of theknee-joint, the number of assistants should not be less than five or six; oneadministering the anaesthetic, two holding the limb, one handing instruments andtying arteries, and another having charge of the sponges. As it respects the operation itself, it may conveniently be considered as con-sisting of three stages, the division of the soft parts, the excision of the bone,and the dressing of the wound. Incisions.—In plan
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