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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![[ 4° ] I anfwer, by not amputating; the worft confequences that can be apprehended, is a mortification or an hemorrhage. With re¬ gard to the mortification, unlefs every thing I have hitherto faid concerning it be intirely groundlefs, we ought not to be afraid of it; and it is much eafier to prevent than to cure it. With refpedt to the hemorrhage, it is no doubt to be dreaded, but this dread can be no reafon for inftantly taking off the limb : To be convinced of this, we need only examine thofe wounded men who have had an arm or leg carried off by a ball, and the flump fo fhattered, that the bone has been fhivered into feveral pieces, and the large blood veffels moft (hockingly torn, who have, notwithftanding, been cured without amputation, and with whom the bleeding has ftopt, even without the afliftance of a furgeon. Neverthelefs, every body knows that contufions of this kind have been hi¬ therto, by moft furgeons, accounted a fuf- ficient caufe for amputation; and that when the hand or foot have been fhattered, they have carried their inhumanity fo far, as to take off, not only the leg or fore-arm, but even fometimes above the knee or joint pf the elbow. Thofe who follow this method, ampu¬ tate within a few days of the accident, while](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30786988_0056.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
