The technics of Maunsell's method of intestinal anastomosis : with a résumé of the cases of operation to date / by Frederick Holme Wiggin.

  • Wiggin, Frederick Holme, 1853-
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[1895]
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Credit: The technics of Maunsell's method of intestinal anastomosis : with a résumé of the cases of operation to date / by Frederick Holme Wiggin. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    was made between Maunsell’s method and that of Murphy, of Chicago, so much interest was shown in regard to the former method, and so many inquiries were made for in- formation as to various details of the technics, and as to Avhere a description of the method could be found, that a letter was addressed to Dr. Maunsell, requesting him to revise and republish his article. Unfortunately, before this letter reached its destination. Professor Maunsell had died from an attack of i]iQ grippe. A friend, in announcing the unhappy event, said : “ Science has lost a devoted and enthusiastic student.” The same letter conveyed a request from Mrs. Maunsell that the writer should undertake the revision and publication of the article which he had requested Dr. Maunsell to rewrite. The task the writer now undertakes as a tribute to the genius which conceived and the cour- age which first executed this admirable surgical procedure, and as an acknowledgment of the debt which he is confi- dent time will prove intestinal surgery owes to this distin- guished surgeon. Technics of MaunselVs Method of Intestinal Anasto- mosis.—The patient having been prepared in the usual manner for the performance of a laparotomy, and having been anaesthetized, the operation is begun by making a median incision in the abdominal wall below the navel, ex- tending it upward if it prove to be necessary. This open- ing permits a quick and thorough search to be made for the diseased or injured portion of the bowel. For opera- tions on the appendix vermiformis, the caecum, or any part of the ascending or descending colon, the rule is to make an incision over the site of disease or injury, if it can be localized. In all doubtful cases the median incision is to be preferred. The abdomen having been opened, and the portion of the intestine to be excised located, it is brought outside of the cavity, accompanied by about six inches of