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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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    by feparating it from the Membrane with a particular kind of Knife, which he has con¬ trived for that Purpofe, he can eafily tie it. He approves alfo of M. Mantis Invention of cutting the Velum Palati> in order to expofe a Polypus that hangs down a little way in the Throat, but which cannot well be managed either in the Method of extrafting or tying, when it lies concealed behind the Velum Palatu These are the moft material Points of M. Levrefs Book in regard to the Polypus of the Nofe, and, I believe, whoever will exa¬ mine what he has advanced on this Subjed, will find him to be a very ingenious Surgeon, and an excellent Mechanick. / eWa