A method of preventing or diminishing pain in several operations of surgery / by James Moore, member of the Surgeons Company of London.

  • James Moore
Date:
1784
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Credit: A method of preventing or diminishing pain in several operations of surgery / by James Moore, member of the Surgeons Company of London. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by University of Bristol Library. The original may be consulted at University of Bristol Library.

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    was invented. Tlie adlual cau);ery Is novsr never employed but to occafion the exfolia- tion of difeafed bones, where there is no lenfibility. The fame defire of faving pain to their patients has induced modern furgeons to re- ject the ufe of the feiffars, which formerly were much ufed for the opening of finufes, and performing other operations. In thofe days, the opportunities of ftudying anatomy were few, and an accurate knowledge of that fcience was by no means univerfal among practitioners. Confeious of this deficiency, they very naturally were afraid of ufing the fcalpel, left they ftiould divide fome large artery, or injure fome nerve or tendon. The feelings of the patient, therefore were facri- ficed to his fafety, and an inftrument that bruifes as well as cuts was preferred, be- caufe it only touches thofe parts which arc contained between the blades. But of late years anatomy has been culti- vated fo diligently all over Europe, and has G 2 ’ been
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