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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![C 5° ] SECT. XXIV. f I HAVE treated hitherto of limbs in- tirely divided; I Shall now examine what ought to be done, when a ball, or any piece of iron or lead, has fo greatly injured the bones of the hand, arm, foot or leg, that, although they are not quite broke through, and the part iu (pended by a fmall portion of flefh and Hein, as in the former cafe, § XXI. are nevertheless fo much Shattered that the - part may be moved any way, and feems to hang ufelefs. In thele circumftances, we mull dilate the aperture made by the ball, or by whatever body has infli&ed the wound, and Separate the flelh from the bone; in a word, we muft make the wound Sufficiently large, in order to lay the Shattered bones bare, especially where they are broken acrofs, that they may be more eafily managed by the fingers; then as many Splinters as pofli- ble muft be extracted, as well as the ball and other extraneous bodies. If there be the apertures of two balls, they muft both be treated in the lame manner: When it is without imparing its virtues; and Simple medicines, in my opinion, are preferable on every occaSon, but particularly fo in hofpitals. Tissot,](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30786988_0066.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
