. 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. rument supplied for this pur-pose, as soon as possible after the injury. Nothing wasdone, however; inflammation and ulceration extended intothe ankle-joint, and the amputation of the foot by the flapoperation at the jo
. 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. rument supplied for this pur-pose, as soon as possible after the injury. Nothing wasdone, however; inflammation and ulceration extended intothe ankle-joint, and the amputation of the foot by the flapoperation at the joint was performed and failed. The legbecame affected ; and the case ended in amputation of thethigh, from which the man recovered, and was sent to Eng-land. I know not his name, nor the regiment he belongedto, nor the surgeon who attended him, nor any more of thecase, as the bone only has been sent to me from Scutari asa personal attention. If the ball had entered to a greater depth, the properoperation would have been to remove the bone altogether,which is a difficult and disagreeable operation, even whendone in cases in which this bone has been dislocated, and isprojecting under the skin. It is much more so when in its 10 110 REMOVAL OF THE ASTRAGALUS. proper place; less so when the ends of the tibia and fibulaare also removed for disease of these parts, in which case,. 3. The ball. 1. Astragalus. 2. Os calcis. 4. Ligament descending from the tibia, torn by the ball. 5. Tendons of tibialis anticus and flexor communis cut across by the ball. 6. The other end of the same tendons. 7. The posterior tibial artery dividing into two branches, 8. The posterior tibial nerve. 9. The tendon of the flexor proprius pollicis. the bone being softened, it yields readily to the scissors, bywhich it should be divided, and to which it opposes, whensound, a great resistance from its solidity. The removal ofthe astragalus alone has been successfully performed for dis-ease in children, in two ins
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