Acupressure : an excellent method of arresting surgical hæmorrhage and of accelerating the healing of wounds / by William Pirrie and William Keith.

  • William Pirrie
Date:
1867
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    of tlie upper half of the forearm, caused by the point of a scythe passing forward between the bones and injuring an artery in the front of the forearm—one of excision of an erectile tumour—one of a wound of the hand attended with violent haemorrhage, where the advantages of acupressure as a haemostatic agent were clearly demonstrated—one of haemorrhage from slough- ing of the ball of the thumb—one of a wound of the radial artery—and an interesting case of removal of an epithelial cancer and entire restoration of the lower lip. The thirty-two cases to be afterwards related are of a diversified character, and, therefore, the more reliable for assisting sm^geons to arrive at a just appreciation of acupressm^e. They comprehend seven cases of am- putation of thigh; four of amputation of leg; one of amputation of arm ; eight of excision of mamma; three of excision of elbow-joint; two of removal of testicle ; one of wound of the upper part of fore-arm; one of wound of hand ; one of excision of an erectile tumour ; one of excision of the ujDper part of fibula; one of haemorrhage from sloughing of the ball of the thumb ; one of a wound of the radial artery; and one of removal of an epithelioma and entire restoration of the lower lip. In every case, both in hospital and private practice, in which I have employed acupres- sure, its use has been most satisfactory. Since the publication of some of the above-men- tioned cases in ]ny paper on acupressure in the
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