. Commentaries on the surgery of the war in Portugal, Spain, France, and the Netherlands, from the battle of Roliça, in 1808, to that of Waterloo, in 1815; with additions relating to those in the Crimea in 1854-55, showing the improvements made during and since that period in the great art and science of surgery on all the subjects to which they relate. Revised to October, 1855. t should take place. In an otherwise successfuloperation performed by Mr. C, Gr. Guthrie, at the Westmin-ster Hospital, the patient was lost on the third day fromthis cause. Mr. Brownriggs operation is to be done in th
. Commentaries on the surgery of the war in Portugal, Spain, France, and the Netherlands, from the battle of Roliça, in 1808, to that of Waterloo, in 1815; with additions relating to those in the Crimea in 1854-55, showing the improvements made during and since that period in the great art and science of surgery on all the subjects to which they relate. Revised to October, 1855. t should take place. In an otherwise successfuloperation performed by Mr. C, Gr. Guthrie, at the Westmin-ster Hospital, the patient was lost on the third day fromthis cause. Mr. Brownriggs operation is to be done in the followingmanner: The patient is to be placed on a low table andproperly secured, with the nates projecting over its edge, theartery being compressed. The surgeon enters the pointedknife between the spine of the ilium and the trochantermajor, and carries it across the thigh, as near as may be tothe head and neck of the femur, until the point appears onthe inside, near the scrotum, which should have been pre-viously drawn away. The knife is to cut slowly downward,to make a flap, under which, and behind the knife, an assist-ant inserts his four fingers, in order to be able to grasp theflap and aid in compressing the principal artery, as theoperator completes the flap, which it is intended should bea large one, as shown in the diagram, fig. 1. 82 MODE OF OPERATING. Fig. Amputaiion of the Hip-joint as performed by Mr, Broav>tiigg.(Upper figure.)a a a. anterior flap in dotted lines: c, thumb compressing the artery on the pubis;d, fingers introduced under the flap; e, the straight knife, entrance and exit of. (Lower figure.)Flap Amputation as performed by Me. Luke, on the lower half of the , middle of the outside of the thigh and point of entrance of knife; B, under part;C, upper part: A to E, the under flap: G to F, dotted line of upper flap, beginningshort of commencement of under flap. The assistant holding up the flap, the surgeon cuts theattachment of the gluteus
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