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Title: Gunn's domestic medicine, or, Poor man's friend in the hours of affliction, pain and sickness : this book points out, in plain language, free from doctors' terms, the diseases of men, women, and children, and the latest and most approved means used in their cure, and is intended expressly for the benefit of families : it also contains descriptions of the medicinal roots and herbs of the United States and how they are to be used in the cure of diseases : arranged on a new and simple plan, by whch the practice of medicine is reduced to principles of common sense
Year: 1840 (1840s)
Authors: Gunn, John C
Subjects: Medicine
Publisher: Louisville : Mygatt
Contributing Library: U.S. National Library of Medicine
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. And then put a narrow bandage over the whole. CONCLUDING REMARKS ON AMPUTATION. It often happens in cases of amputation, that thewound is apt to bleed after you have dressed it, there-by giving you considerable trouble. This is called bysurgeons secondary bleeding. Therefore, to preventthis, if necessary, before the strips of plasters are ap-plied to the edges of the flap, give a little wine-water,or a little spirit and water, and wait a few moments tosee whether the increased force it gives to the circula-tion, will occasion a flow of blood; if it does, securethe vessel it comes from. But should there be a con-siderable flow of blood from the hollow of the bone,make use of a small plug of cedar; and if violentspasms of the stump take place, hold it carefully byyour assistants, and immediately administer large dosesof laudanum ; it may be understood as a general rule,that after every operation of the kind, laudanum mustand ought to be given according to the sufferings of thepatient.
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