A method of preventing or diminishing pain in several operations of surgery / [James Moore].

  • Moore, James D., III
Date:
1784
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Credit: A method of preventing or diminishing pain in several operations of surgery / [James Moore]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    [ 3l ] an hour, his limb became fo infenfible that rubbing pretty fmartly with the finger upon the ulcer gave no pain. Next morning the patient being carried to the operation room, I began the com- preffion of the nerves at a quarter before eleven o’clock. The numbnefs of the limb followed at the ufual time. At a quarter before twelve, I gave him one grain of opium, to diminifh the fmart- ing of the wound after the operation, wdien the comprefiion fliould be taken off. A few minutes after twelve, the tourniquet was applied, and the amputation performed by Mr. Hunter, at the ufual place below the knee. At the circular incifion through the Ikin, the patient did not cry out, change a mufcle of his face, or fhew any fymptom of pain. At the fubfequent parts of the operation, particularly during the fawing of the bones, he lhewed marks of uneafinefs in his coun¬ tenance, but did not cry out. As
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