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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    [ >2 ] been taught in this ifland in particular with inch accuracy, that the fciflars are entirely left oft by furgeons, except in the operation for the hare lip ; and the biftory or fcalpel, in- ftruments which give much lefs pain, and in fkilful hands are equally fafe, have been univerfally adopted in their ftead. In performing the operation for the ftone, Ibme furgeons formerly ufed dilating in- ftruments, which, though they greatly aug^ mented the pain, were thought to diminifh the danger. Male and female condudors, and other inftruments, intended to render this operation lefs dangerous, were alfo at different periods introduced ; but in this ifland they have all been fuperfeded in fa- vour of Sir Csefar Hawkins’s admirable in- vention of the cutting gorget, which unites cafe with fafety. But after every improvement that can be made on the inftruments of furgery, and on the manner of operating, ftill a great de- gree of pain attends that divifion or exten- fion