A critical enquiry into the present state of surgery / By Samuel Sharp.

  • Samuel Sharp
Date:
1750
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Credit: A critical enquiry into the present state of surgery / By Samuel Sharp. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    •, * ** A Critical Enquiry, &c. tain the Strength of the Cauftic to fuch an Exadnefs that it fhall reach juft fo far without injuring the Veffels themfelves, fo that after a fair Trial it feems now to have fallen into general Difcredit. The PunBum Aureum was perform’d in the following manner. The Patient being laid on his Back, and the Contents of the Hernia returned into the Abdomen, as is al¬ ways done before any of thefe Operations are undertaken, the Surgeon makes a tranf- verfe Incifion through the Skin and Fat down to the ProceJJiis Peritoncei, then with a crooked Needle he carries a golden Wire un¬ der the Cord clofe to the Rings, and with a Pair of Pincers twills the two Ends of the Wire fo as to prevent any Communication of the Channel below the Wire with the Channel above the Wire: But it required great Skill to execute this Procefs of the Operation with due Exadnefs; for if the Stridure was made too tight, the Circulation of the Blood in the Sper- matick Veffels was obftruded, and confequently the procreative Faculty deftroyed 5 and if it was not made tight enough, the Purpofe of the Operation was not anfwered. Upon thefe Ac¬ counts it came at length into difufe, though it
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