The principles of surgery . have been adoptedfor securing the bleeding points. Thus, in copious hemorrhage froma wound of the leg, it is advisable to compressthe femoral, until direct hemostatics have beencompleted. For this purpose, the fingers orthumb of an assistant can be employed; andthese are the best compressing agents, whensteady and exact. Or a mechanical substitute,acting in a similar way, may be used; consist-ing of a strong steel spring, furnished with apad at either extremity ; one of which pads isapplied accurately over the arterial trunk, theother resting on the opposite part of
The principles of surgery . have been adoptedfor securing the bleeding points. Thus, in copious hemorrhage froma wound of the leg, it is advisable to compressthe femoral, until direct hemostatics have beencompleted. For this purpose, the fingers orthumb of an assistant can be employed; andthese are the best compressing agents, whensteady and exact. Or a mechanical substitute,acting in a similar way, may be used; consist-ing of a strong steel spring, furnished with apad at either extremity ; one of which pads isapplied accurately over the arterial trunk, theother resting on the opposite part of the Signoronis compressor may be either of these methods, pressure is confinedto two points; and the evil consequences ofuniform constriction of the whole limb areavoided. The mechanical contrivance is infe-rior to the living fingers in one particular; itis more apt to slip, and thus to endanger con-siderable loss of blood ere readjustment can beBut it has one equally obvious advantage. However tedious. Signoronis compressor, a, Thepoinlof counter pressure ; //. the padwhich acts directly on the vessel. effected. THE TOURNIQUET. 313 the manipulations of the wound may prove, requiring long continuanceof temporary pressure above, it is not liable to become unsteady andwavering from cramp or fatigue. The most common expedient for indirectly and temporarily restraininghemorrhage, is the Tourniquet; a circular band, whereby the whole cir- Fig. 100. Fig. 101.
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