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Title: A general system of surgery in three parts : Containing the doctrine and management, I. Of wounds, fractures, luxations, tumours, and ulcers, of all kinds. II. Of the several operations performed on all parts of the body. III. Of the several bandages applied in all operations and disorders. The whole illustrated with thirty eight copper-plates, exhibiting all the operations, instruments, bandages, and improvements, according to the modern and most approved practice : to which is prefixed an introduction concerning the nature, origin, progress, and improvements of surgery : with such other preliminaries as are necessary to be known by the younger surgeons. Being a work of thirty years experience
Year: 1745 (1740s)
Authors: Heister, Lorenz, 1683-1758 Mynde, J
Subjects: Surgery, Operative Surgical instruments and apparatus Bandages and bandaging Surgery General Surgery Bandages
Publisher: London : Printed for W. Innys in Pater-noster Row ... (and four others)
Contributing Library: Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine
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anfverfe Wound, A A, united by a Triple uninterruptedSuture B B B. Fig. 17. The fame kind of Wound, which, befides the Threads at Fig. 16. isfurnifhed alfo with finall cylindrical Rolls of Silk, fpread with fome Wax orPlafter, A A and B B, the Threads on the upper lip of the Wound are tied inflip Knots, C C C, whilft the Roll that lies on the under lip is confined betweenthe bow ends of the Threads E E E: In a word, this fhews Pa lfynuss methodof making the quilled Suture. Fig. 18. Shews you another method of making the quilled Suture in largeWounds, particularly in thole of the Belly, which is called Gaftroraphy. SeeBock I. Chap. V. N. 47. and Chap. V. N 18. A A the Wound ; B B the up-per Roll; C C the lower Roll -, D D D the fingle Knots which confine the upperRoll; EEE the flip Knots which fecure the lower Roll. Fig. 19. Celsvss Suture, which he defcribes at Zi£. 7. Cap. 16. for perform-ing the Operation of Gaftroraphy with two Needles: But this is a bad method, and out /:,//, ./.
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B B -CjsKs B _c^K „ A &?■ 2-A B „ %C B A Chap. VII. Of Lofs ojSubflance in the Intestines. 6j of practice. A A the Stitches; BB the End where they are fattened in a Knot. Fig. 20. The Glovers Suture ufed for uniting Wounds of the Inteftines. A Athe Inteftine ; BB the Wound ; C the beginning of the Suture, with part of theThread hanging out; D the End of the Suture, where it is faftend in a Knot. Fig. 21, 22. The Suture for the Hare Lip, which is made with two or threeNeedles. A A the Wound ; B B Needles paffed through the Lips of theWound •, C C C the Thread twitted round the Needles. CHAP. VII. Of Lofs of Subfance in the Intestines. I. Y ^ J- H E R E any part of the Inteftine is carryd away, the Cafe feems to ™£ne w be plainly defperate ; it was therefore wonderful that Perfons thus When therewounded did not all die upon the Spot, or in the operation of mak- subaft^°cf*oting the Sutures, till a Hildanus, b Blegny\ c Dionis, d Palfynus, e Jo. Maitr.Hoffman, f Schacher,

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