The after-treatment of operations : a manual for practitioners and house surgeons / by P. Lockhart Mummery.

  • Lockhart-Mummery, John Percy, 1875-
Date:
1903
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Credit: The after-treatment of operations : a manual for practitioners and house surgeons / by P. Lockhart Mummery. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    CHAPTER III HEMORRHAGE AFTER OPERATIONS The occurrence of haemorrhage from the wound after an operation is one of the most troublesome compHcations that can arise. There are several reasons for this besides the mere fact of its seriousness. There is nothing which is so calculated to alarm a patient, or to make him lose confidence in his medical adviser, as haemorrhaige from the wound, even though it may be quite trifling in amount. Blood seems to have a par- ticularly frightening effect upon most people, medical men excepted; and haemorrhage after an operation, coming on as it usually does quite suddenly and unexpectedly, often has the effect of reducing the patient to a condition of panic, though the amount of blood lost may not be serious. It is also a trying complication to the surgeon. He has, as a rule, to meet it unexpectedly and at a moment's notice. Moreover, no two cases are exactly alike. In some the bleeding is easily stopped, and again in others the greatest difficulty may be experienced. Frequently the proper instruments are not at hand and reliable assistance is unobtainable. In the following description, haemorrhage will be divided into recurrent and secondary. The treatment of primary haemorrhage does not come within the scope of [36]