A dissertation on the inutility of the amputation of limbs / Written in Latin ... Augmented with the notes of Mr. Tissot ... Now first translated into English, by a surgeon.
- Johann Ulrich Bilguer
- Date:
- 1764
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: A dissertation on the inutility of the amputation of limbs / Written in Latin ... Augmented with the notes of Mr. Tissot ... Now first translated into English, by a surgeon. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![[ 37 ] mafs, not actually through the quick itfelf, but very near it 5 afterwards I would endea¬ vour to flop the progrefs of the infection by internal medicines and fuitable dreffings. I would fupport his flrength by a proper regi¬ men ; if it increafes, we may be fure a repa¬ ration of the foft parts that are mortified will enfue naturally; after which, it will be eafy to faw off the little flump of dead bone that was left. The wound may then be cica- trifed, by means of epulotic applications, and fuch as we have recommended for bones when laid bare, § X. This practice is not only conformable to found reafon, but what is more, it is con¬ firmed by repeated experience; fince we find among the collectors of obfervations, but few inftances of amputation fucceeding, when it was performed while a mortifica¬ tion continued to gain ground, or while the patient was feverifh; but a much greater number of fuccefsful cafes, when amputa¬ tion was performed late, and when the dif- eafe had abated naturally : A variety of ex¬ amples may be feen in the work of Mr. Schaartchmid which I have already quoted. * Sammlungen, &c. a performance which ought to be generally read.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30786988_0053.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
