. Elements of surgery: for the use of students : with plates (Volume 1) . assimilated to the woundedpart, becoming bone, tendon, muscle, or skin, accordingas the wound has been in any of these parts. The cica-trix however, differs considerably from the parts. Posture is of great consequence in the treatment ofwounds. The sides of a wound on the anterior part ofthe thigh cannot be kept in contact, unless the leg bekept extended upon the thigh; to aid the surgeon st^lmore in relaxing the parts, the thigh should be flexed onthe pelvis. A wound through the tendo acliillis shouldb
. Elements of surgery: for the use of students : with plates (Volume 1) . assimilated to the woundedpart, becoming bone, tendon, muscle, or skin, accordingas the wound has been in any of these parts. The cica-trix however, differs considerably from the parts. Posture is of great consequence in the treatment ofwounds. The sides of a wound on the anterior part ofthe thigh cannot be kept in contact, unless the leg bekept extended upon the thigh; to aid the surgeon st^lmore in relaxing the parts, the thigh should be flexed onthe pelvis. A wound through the tendo acliillis shouldbe treated by extending the foot upon the leg, &c. Sutures by attending to these preceding directions arevery rarely necessary; and if possible they ought to bedispensed with, as they produce considerable pain, oc-casion great and permanent irritation by creating a num-ber of punctured wounds, whicl^are kept from healingby the ligature left in them; this ligature passes througha part of the original wound, and never f^ils to excite J^/iM-tf^^i/^ ^<^^. PLATE /. #. fl s; T
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