Notes on surgery for nurses / by Joseph Bell.

  • Joseph Bell
Date:
1895
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Credit: Notes on surgery for nurses / by Joseph Bell. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    and more time and blood are lost in the end. So far before the operation. Now, to prevent bleeding during an operation we must com- mand the vessels. This may be done either by pressure by the finger on the main vessel of the limb, or in a better and firmer way by some mechanical method. The most common used to be what is called Petifs tonrniquct, familiar to you all, in which by a screw separating two brass frames a loop of strong tape or ribbon can be tightened to any amount you wish, and easily relaxed and retightened again. For most opera- tions this is still most valuable. Of late years many of us use the india-rubber tube known as Foulis's tourniquet, called after its inventor, the late Dr Foulis of Glasgow. You know with what ease it can be applied and also removed by relaxing the pressure of the little clip. Either of these instruments, if properly applied, give us the power of removing a limb absolutely blood- lessly, during the operation at least. But, the cutting and sawing being now over, how are we to seal the ends of the vessels and prevent haemorrhage ? First remember Nature's efforts will suffice for all the little arteries. The
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