A textbook on surgery, general, operative, and mechanical / by John A. Wyeth.

  • John Allan Wyeth
Date:
1890
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Credit: A textbook on surgery, general, operative, and mechanical / by John A. Wyeth. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Augustus C. Long Health Sciences Library at Columbia University and Columbia University Libraries/Information Services, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the the Augustus C. Long Health Sciences Library at Columbia University and Columbia University.

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    COi^TES'TS. CHAPTER L PAGE Surgical dressings—Ligatures and sutures—Preparation of material—Catgut, silk, sUk-worm gut, silver wire—Antiseptic solutions—Corrosive sublimate, creoline, carbolic acid, iodo- form, alcohol, ohiloride-of-zinc—Irrigators, sponges—Drains: rubber, bone, catgut, and horse-hair—Protective—Carbolized, subUmated, and iodoformized gauze—Berated and absorbent cotton—Peat—Sawdust—Jute—Wood-wool 1 CHAPTER II. Bandaging—Materials and methods of preparing—Application of the various methods—Simple spiral, reverse spiral, figure-of-8 turn, figure-of-8 reverse—^Special bandages—Hand and fingers—Fore-arm, arm, and shoulder—Toes, foot, leg, and thigh—Spica—Abdomen and thorax—Head and face—Knotted bandage—Handkerchief bandages 10 CHAPTER III. Anesthesia—Local anesthesia—Cocaine—Ether-spray—General anaesthesia—Administration of ether by inhalation—By the rectum—Chloroform and chloroform narcosis . . .22 CHAPTER IV. Surgical operations—Instruments—Operating - table—Furniture—Operating-gown—How to hold the scalpel—Haemostasis—Tying the Ligature—After-treatment of the case . . 35 CHAPTER V. Inflammation—Venesection and blood-letting—Compression—Application of cold—Internal medication—Suppuration—Pus—Micrococci—Bacteria—Abscess—Treatment . . .54 CHAPTER VI. Wounds—Process of repair—Cicatrization—The tourniquet—Closing wounds—The inter- rupted, continuous, mattress, quiU, wire, and pin sutures—Transfusion—Intra-venous injection of a saline solution—Poisoned wounds—Snake-bites—Tarantula-poison—Wounds by bees, wasps, hornets, and centipedes—Hydrophobia—Glanders—Malignant pustule— Dissection woimds — Erysipelas—Dermatitis — Erythema — Cellulitis — Tetanus—Shot- wounds 68 CHAPTER Yll. Bums and scalds—Skin-grafting—Frost-bite—Furuncle—Carbuncle—Ulcers—Gangrene—Dry or senile gangrene—Hospital gangrene 93
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