A system of practical surgery / by William Fergusson.

  • William Fergusson
Date:
1852
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Credit: A system of practical surgery / by William Fergusson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    referred to, are now m general to be used in a more free and bold style nan in ordinary dissection, and more extensive movements are re- quired in the hand and arm, though occasionally the operator has to Fi9‘ 9. Fig. 10. proceed with as much caution as if making the most minute dissection on the dead subject. There cannot be a greater mistake in a young surgeon s education, than to commence the performance of operations betore he has acquired a thorough knowledge of anatomy. If he enters into practice without such knowledge, he can neither operate with safety to his patient nor satisfaction to himself; all must be nap-hazard ; whilst on the other hand, in prosecuting his dissections, be takes the surest way of acquiring that dexterity in the use of his bands and instruments, which will be of infinite service to him after- wards in the ordinary performance of his professional avocations. Here I do not so much allude to the performance of capital operations, as to the more common manipulations required in bloodletting, ban- daging, dressing sores, opening abscesses, and the numerous little