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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    Hemorrhage, under each of the circumstances here alluded to, is of frequent occurrence, and there is no single department of the surgeon s duties which requires more skill, decision, and promptitude. As the subject will be frequently referred to in after pages, the remarks upon it in this chapter will be chiefly of a general character, and moreover will have reference principally to the treatment. The means and instruments for temporary suppression of bleeding from wounded arteries (the most troublesome and also the most for- midable occurrence in all cutting operations on the living body), are few and simple, in the hands of a good surgeon. In amputations of large portions of the extremities, a slight degree of pressure with the fingers or thumbs will, if judiciously applied over the main artery, be sufficient to arrest the circulation for the time. Fig. 31. On the upper extremity, with the fingers thus (fig. 31), and their points properly placed over the artery, a very slight force suffices Any part of the arm may be selected, but that here pointed out will be best if the circumstances are otherwise favourable. In all amputations of the lower extremity, when such pressure is