A system of surgery : pathological, diagnostic, therapeutic, and operative . Fig. In the fourth position, fig. 125, the knife is held like an oi*dinai7 carving-knife,the handle, which inclines towards the ulnar margin of the wrist, being firmly grasped by, and almost completely^ig- 123. concealed in, the hand, the tips of the last three fingers nearly touch-ing the hypothenar position is chiefly used in theamputation of the larger limbs, and^occasionally, in the extirpation ofhuge superficial tumors, when thesurgeon wishes to produce a rapidand brilliant effect. The incisio
A system of surgery : pathological, diagnostic, therapeutic, and operative . Fig. In the fourth position, fig. 125, the knife is held like an oi*dinai7 carving-knife,the handle, which inclines towards the ulnar margin of the wrist, being firmly grasped by, and almost completely^ig- 123. concealed in, the hand, the tips of the last three fingers nearly touch-ing the hypothenar position is chiefly used in theamputation of the larger limbs, and^occasionally, in the extirpation ofhuge superficial tumors, when thesurgeon wishes to produce a rapidand brilliant effect. The incisions employed in opera-tive surgery may be convenientlyreduced to three principal ones,namely, the straight, curvilinear,and angular, which are the parentsof all the rest. In executing theseincisions certain rules should beobserved, of which the most im-portant are the following :— 1st. The knife, whether it be abistoury or scalpel, should be in ascomplete a condition as possible,being perfectly sharp and clean,and as light as may be consistentwith the necessary strength ; itssize s
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