Veterinary surgery / by Louis A. Merillat.

  • Louis A. Merillat
Date:
1915-
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Veterinary surgery / by Louis A. Merillat. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ee Fig. 23—Ferguson’s Tissue Forceps. enormous, and therefore a matter of some consequence. When a large number of small oozing and spurting vessels are cut and threaten the loss of too much blood, besides in- terfering with the progress of the dissection, the flow may be effectually limited by touching each bleeding spot with the thermo-cautery in the hands of the third assistant. The Fig. 24—Three Styles of Dissecting Scissors. value of the thermo-cautery in this connection is immense. Often an exceptionally extensive dissection can thus be com- pleted with an incredibly small loss of blood. In making dissections, the surgeon must always “know his ground,” in order to avoid transgression upon forbidden structures. The division of a large vessel, motor nerve trunk, or important tendon, or the incision of a synovial sac, or one of the splanchnic cavities, are among the many possi- ble accidents of a careless dissection. RESECTION, ABLATION, AMPUTATION DEFINITIONS.—In the literal sense these three words are synonymous, meaning the removal of a part of the body. In surgery, however, each one is reserved to designate a special process, = Resection is the removal of a part of a
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