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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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    Gangrene, he unluckily happens to be even more concife than ufualbut, I think, he exprefly fays, that after we have cut down to the Bone^ we mufl draw back the Mufcles and cut deep round the Bone, fo that a Por¬ tion of it may be laid bare; after which it Is to be fa wed off as clofe as poffible to the Flefh: He tells us, that by this Method of Treat¬ ment, the Skin will be fo lax as almofl: to cover the Bone. Perhaps I may have miflaken Celjuss Meaning *, if I have not, it has been a great Misfortune to Mankind, that fo bene¬ ficial an Jnftrudlion fhould have been either overlooked or mifunderftood: But it is cer-N tain, no Writer has copied him, and the double Incifion as now perfe&ed, is the In¬ vention of another great 6 Man, to whom Pofterity will be always indebted for the many fignal Services he has done to Surgery. I t muft be confeffed however, that not- withftanding we derive fuch Benefits from the double Incifion 5 the contra&ile Difpofi- tion of the Mufcles, and perhaps of the Skin itfelf, is fo great, that in fpite of any Bandage they will retire from the Bone, efpecially in the Thigh, and fometimes render the Cure tedious. 6 Chcfelden. To