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* ] .9 SECT. XXL WHEN a patient is brought to our military hofpitals, who has had his foot, leg, hand or arm fhattered by a ball, or any other violent caufe, whether the parts are intirely carried off, or adhere by a little flefli and fkin, but in fuch a manner that there is not any hope of a re-union; in this laft cafe, we begin by cutting through thefe (len¬ der attachments which keep the part fuf- pended, and thus intirely feparate it from the body. In both cafes, when pieces of the extremities of the bones jut out, and may prove hurtful, they mud be fa wed off with a convenient faw, whether they be moveable or ftill firmly adhere to the limb : When they are moveable, they muft be held by an affiftant. I hope no man in this treat¬ ment, will pretend to fee any thing like what is properly called amputation, which I condemn. After this firfl: operation, I carefully exa¬ mine if there be ftill any fmall fplinters left, and whether they are only held by the flefhy parts, or flill adhere to the bone; I remove all thofe, with the fingers, or with inftru- ments*](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30786988_0058.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
