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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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    T o remove this Difficulty, I have lately on fome Occafions made ufe of the Crofs- ffitch, which I would advife to be applied in the following Manner in an Amputation of the Thigh. Take a Seton Needle and thread it with about eight Threads of coarfe Silk, fo that when they are doubled, the Ligature will confift of fixteen Threads about twelve or fourteen Inches long; wax it pretty much, and range the Threads fo that the Ligature may be flat, refembling a Piece of Tape, after which oil both it and the Edge of the Needle : The Flatnefs of the Ligature will prevent its wearing through the Skin fo faff as it would do if it was round, and the Oil will facilitate its Paflage: Then carry the Needle through the Skin at about three- quarters of an Inch from the Edge of the Stump, and out again on the Infide of the Stump at about half an Inch from the Edge of it after which it muff be pafled through the oppofite flde of the Stump, from within outward, exadly at the fame diftance from the Lips of the Wound this done, the Silk is to be tied in a Bow-knot. With another Needle and Skain of Silk, the fame Procefs is to be repeated in fuch manner that the Liga-