. Operative surgery. even by the most experienced surgeons; but, within our ownobservation, had it been done better results might have been secured. Theyoung surgeon, too, often fancies that to do this proclaims himself as igno-rant and inexperienced ; such, however, is not always the case; it ratherserves to emphasize his cautious and painstaking qualities. An amputa-tion should be done without haste, when the safety of the patient will per-mit, remembering that it is done quickly when it is done well. The operator should stand insuch relation to the patient thatthe left hand can readily con-
. Operative surgery. even by the most experienced surgeons; but, within our ownobservation, had it been done better results might have been secured. Theyoung surgeon, too, often fancies that to do this proclaims himself as igno-rant and inexperienced ; such, however, is not always the case; it ratherserves to emphasize his cautious and painstaking qualities. An amputa-tion should be done without haste, when the safety of the patient will per-mit, remembering that it is done quickly when it is done well. The operator should stand insuch relation to the patient thatthe left hand can readily con-trol any undue haemorrhage bycompression or otherwise. The primary incision shouldbe located, if possible, so thatthe escaping blood will not ob-scure the course of the incisionssubsequently made. The division of important vessels should be made last, when tissues should not be retracted until after complete division, ifpracticable. In flaps made by transfixion the tissues constituting them are raised or. Fig. 501.—INletal retractor, closed. 468 OPERATIVE SURGERY. depressed, according to the aspect of the limh from which the flaps aremade. Those in front of the bone are raised, those behind depressed. After the limb is removed, the open mouths of the vessel should becaught by forcipressure, forceps, etc., after which the control of the circu-
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