Surgical observations on injuries of the head; and on miscellaneous subjects / [John Abernethy].

  • Abernethy, John, 1764-1831.
Date:
1811
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Credit: Surgical observations on injuries of the head; and on miscellaneous subjects / [John Abernethy]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    SURGICAL OBSERVATIONS. On Injuries of the Head. SECTION If. WHEN the Members of the Academy of Pseha - ry in France, and Mr. Pott in England, severally inculcated to the surgeons of their respective coun- tries, the propriety and necessity of trephining the cranium under various circumstances consequent upon injuries of the head, they probably recom- mended a too free and frequent performance of that operation. Such appears to be the opinion of many respectable writers who have. published since. their time; particularly of M. Desault of Paris, Mr. Dease of Dublin, and Mr. John Bell of Edinburgh. But although these writers unite in censuring the fre- quency of the practice, they are very far from being _ agreed in other respects; and many material points seem to me to require still further elucidation. Believing that the observations, which I have had an opportunity of making at St. Bartholomew’s Hos- pital, enable me to throw some light on this impor- tant and intricate subject, I am induced to submit to the public a short account of several cases that occurred there, and the inferences which I drew from them.