Clinical notes upon two years' surgical work in the Liverpool Royal Infirmary / by W. Mitchell Banks.
- William Mitchell Banks
- Date:
- 1884
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Clinical notes upon two years' surgical work in the Liverpool Royal Infirmary / by W. Mitchell Banks. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.
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![1861 to 1864 inclusive. It ap))eare(l that after auiinitatioii of tlie thigh in traumatic cases 77 per cent died; in path(jlogicid ca.se.s 57 per cent. After amputation of tlie leg 80 per cent, (jf the traumatic cases died and 40 per cent of the ])athoIogi( id. A Parisian hospital twenty years ago must ha\e been a perfect slaiighter-liouse. I hjoked up the strangulated hernias also out of curiosity. During the four years 227 cases were subjected to operation, of whom 172 died and only 55 recovered—about one recovery to tliree deatlis 1 As regards artificial limbs, the principle wliicli Thomas li;i> embodied in his knee-splint of bearing the weight of the l)0(ly upon a pelvic ring encircling the upper part of the thigh, nuiy very conveniently be applied to them. The drawing opposite page 10 represents the lad with the double amputation wearing a ]<\mt- Rplint as an artificial limb. Mr. Critchley, of Upper Pitt Street, Liverpool, has made a most cheap and ser\'iceable ])iii leg for](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b22294806_0024.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
