Irish journal of medical science . Third, It can be watched and managed by the patient himselfwith the greatest ease and comfort. As illustrated by the woodcut, the instrument consists of A, apiece of sheet-iron, 14 inches by 10, hollowed and padded to receivethe pelvis, and furnished with B, a portion of the same piece of sheetiron turned up perpendicularly, and a slot cut in it to receive thelever. C, another piece of the sheet-iron exactly opposite the slot,turned up and bent down into a hook, to hold a strong elastic , to form the fulcrum. D, the lever, a thin lath of deal 2± feetlon
Irish journal of medical science . Third, It can be watched and managed by the patient himselfwith the greatest ease and comfort. As illustrated by the woodcut, the instrument consists of A, apiece of sheet-iron, 14 inches by 10, hollowed and padded to receivethe pelvis, and furnished with B, a portion of the same piece of sheetiron turned up perpendicularly, and a slot cut in it to receive thelever. C, another piece of the sheet-iron exactly opposite the slot,turned up and bent down into a hook, to hold a strong elastic , to form the fulcrum. D, the lever, a thin lath of deal 2± feetlong, I inch thick, and 1^ inch wide, with a square mortice cut init at I, where its thickness should be doubled. This mortice is toreceive the stem, which supports the compressing pad E, and theopposite end of the stem is fixed to the sides of the lath by a stoutpiece of elastic band which passes over the end of the stem and istacked to the sides of the thick part of the lever. G is a two-pound ll mi Mil . Vol. LV. [No. 15, p. Dr. Thompsons Instrument for the Treatment of Popliteal Aneurism. By Dr. Thompson. 231 weight sluiiL^ over the free end of the lever, forming the compressingforce, which can be increased or diminished by moving the weight out or in. The position of the pad on the vessel can also bechanged as required by moving the pelvis an inch or two up ordown, which the patient, soon learns to do for himself withoutrelaxing the pressure on the artery. With this apparatus I havekept up continuous pressure for 12 hours without interruption. PART AND BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES. The Science and Art of Surgery: being a Treatise on SurgicalInjuries, Diseases, and Operations. By John Eric Erichsen,Senior Surgeon to University College Hospital, and HolmeProfessor of Clinical Surgery in University College, Edition. London: 1872. The rapidity with which Erichsens Surgery, first published in1853, has gone through five editions is, perhaps, as good a proo
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