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A critical enquiry into the present state of surgery.

  • Samuel Sharp
Date:
1761
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A critical enquiry into the present state of surgery. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Sinufes: However, the great Objedtion to this Elevation of the Body, is the incumbent Weight of the Intejiines; which being urged forwards by the Cries of the Patient, may pufh the Coats of the Bladder between the Cheeks of the Forceps; and if they fhould be laid hold of together with the Stone, the Confequence would be dangerous, if not fatal; and 1 fhould imagine the Accident very pof- libie j becaufe the Bladder cannot contradt fo fall; as the Urine illues out of it at the Wound, and therefore falls immediately into a flaccid State. Another material Variation, is the Struc¬ ture of the Staff they cut upon, which has a Stop at the Extremity of the Groove; whereas ours is open all the way. The ufe afcribect to the Step, is to inform the Operator when the Gorget is in the Bladder, and to prevent his puthing it too far; but the Admonition is certainly needlefs, as the iffue of the Urine indicates the Introduction of the Gorget, and the Refiftance of the Wound prevents its go¬ ing too far i But the Inconvenience o! a Stop may fometimes be very troublesome, eipecially to an unpradtifed Operator ; for the Beak, of the Gorget may pofiibly prevent the with¬ drawing of the Staff, if the Urethra be very narrow,