A manual of minor surgery and bandaging for the use of house surgeons, dressers and junior practitioners.

  • Christopher Heath
Date:
1862
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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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    EXCISIOxV Ol' KNKK AN'J) ANKLi:. tago; but wlierc tlio wound is made well at tlic side of the limb, it is not essential.* Knee.—A simple, 8trai2;lit splint, reaching from the foot to the back of the thigh, Avith a foot-[)iece, is all that is necessary for the treatment of this excision, and may be of either iron or wood. A side-splint with a perineal baud, has been added to this b^y some siu'geons M'ith the view of steadying the limb to a greater degree, bnt it is not at all essential. The sj^lint should be carefully padded throughout, and near the joint the pads should be covered Avith some water-proof material, to prevent the discharges from soaking into the pads, which it will be impossible to change for some weeks. The practice of swinging the limb in a Salter's cradle has its advantages and dis.Td- vantages, the former beuig the ease it aifords the patient in moving in bed without disturbing the joint, and the latter the tendency there is to produce rota- tion of the limb and inversion of the knee. In the later stages, a well-fitted gutta-percha splint, lined with wash-leather, is the best application. Anlcle.—A simple back splint and foot-])iece is all that will be required after this excision, and will leave the wound at the sides of the limb perfectly free for the exit of the discharge. * Vide 'Lancet,' 3rd October, 1857 ; and Dr. Fock, in ' Arcliiv fiir Klini$clie Chirurgie,' 1860. 13