A manual of minor surgery and bandaging for the use of house surgeons, dressers and junior practitioners.
- Christopher Heath
- Date:
- 1862
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: A manual of minor surgery and bandaging for the use of house surgeons, dressers and junior practitioners. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by The University of Leeds Library. The original may be consulted at The University of Leeds Library.
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![Ill the case of a strictured rectum, it is best, if pos- sible, to pass the forefinger up to the stricture, and thus guide the bougie through the obstruction. When the stricture is high up, this is of course impossible, and careful manipulation must be trusted to alone. 8eton.—If only a single or double thread is to be introduced, the common needle -will answer every pur- pose ; but if a larger seton is requii'ed, the seton-lancet may be used, or an ordinary bistoury and probe. The skin having been pinched up with the finger and thumb, the bistoury is thrust through the fold, and the probe carrying the seton is passed by its side; the bistoury having then been removed, the seton can be drawn through and detached from the probe, when the ends should be fastened together to prevent its slipping out unawares. Issue.—When an issue is to be made with the potassa fusa, a piece of leather plaister should be laid over the part, a hole having been cut at the point where the issue is to be formed. A small piece of the ])otash is then to be placed upon the sldn, and secured in its position by a piece of strapping over it; and in a few hours, when it has done its work, the strapping is to be removed, and the part carefully cleansed with vinegar and water, to prevent any portion of the caus- tic from passing beyond the intended boundary. Cupping.—This operation requires a good deal of nicety in its performance, and is by no means so easy as it would appear. If the ordmary glass cups are used, it will be necessary to exhaust the air by means of the flame of the spirit-torch, or, as preferred by some surgeons, by inserting pieces of paper or cotton wool dipped in spirit, and then setting them on fire in the cup itself. Whichever method is employed, care must be taken not to heat the glass too much, or the](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21511299_0118.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
