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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    to C 34 ] ' M|| I gave directions for a fmaller compreffor to be made for the arm. The inftrument may be applied with greater facility, and will probably have a more complete effedi in preventing pain in amputations and other operations of this member than in thofe of the thigh and leg, becaufe all the nerves which convey fenfation to the arm and hand, lie together in the axilla. The inftru¬ ment therefore being applied as in Figure III. will comprefs the whole plexus at once. The artery, indeed, which is furrounded ivith this plexus of nerves will be compreffed alfo. But the circulation here, as in the leg, will be diffidently carried on by the anaftamofing veffels. I tried the fmaller compreffor on my own arm, and the infen- fibility followed in rather a ftiorter time than happens in compreffing the nerves of the thigh. In amputations where the compreffor is ufed, it will be proper to apply it at leaft an hour and an half before the operation. Ihe uneafinefs which this occafions is fo fmall hardly to deferve mention.
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