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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    ations for necrosis and caries I deem it indispensable, more particularly tor the latter; and the amount of good which I have seen accrue from its use in my own practice, leads me to give it the strongest approba- Fi9- 16. Fig, 17. tion as a most useful surgical instrument. Cases will be referred to in alter parts of this work, when its efficacy in operations for caries of the tarsal bones, of the shaft of the tibia, and of the articular surfaces Fig. 18. of several of the large bones, will be fully exemplified. The instru- ment which I generally use is about four or five inches long, including