Identifier: generalsystemofs1743heis (find matches)
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: 1743 (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 at the West-End os St. Paul's ... (and four others)
Contributing Library: Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine
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ig. 16. A large Tranfverfe Wound, A A, united by a Triple uninterruptedSuture BBB. Fig. 17. The fime kind of Wound which befides the Threads at ^. 16. isfurnifhed alfo with fmall cylindrical Rolls of Silk Ipread with fome Wax orPlafter, A A and B B, the Threads on the upper lip of the Tound are tyed inflip Knots, C C C, whilft the Roll that lyes on the under lip is confined be-tween the bow ends of the Threads EEE: In a word, this fhews Palfynussmethod of making the quilled Suture. Fig. 18. Shews you another method of making the quilled Suture in largeWounds, particulariy in thofe of the Belly, which is called Gafiroraphy. SeeBookl. Chap.Y. iV. 47. and Chap. V. N. iS. A A the Wound; BB the up-per Roll; C C the lower Roll •, D D D the fingle Knots which confine theupper Roll; EEE the flip Knots which fecure the lower Roll. Fig. ig. Celsuss Suture, which he defcribes at Z,?^. 7. Cap. 16. forperform-iing the Opera.tion of Gajlroraphy with two Needles:: But this is a bad method, and out
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Chap. VII. Of Lofs ofSuhflance m if^i? In t e s t i n e s. ^ j of pradlice. A A the Stitches; B B the End where they are faftened in a Knot. Fig. 20. The Glovers Suture ufed for uniting Wounds of the Inteftines. A Athe Inteftine ; B B 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; BB Needles paflTed through the Lips of theWound; C C C the Thread twilted round the Needles. CHAP. VII. Of Lojs of Subflance in the Ijmtestines. I. ■¥T T HERE any part of the Inteftioe is carryd away, the Cafe feems to be ^jl^^^^^^^Yy plainly defperate -, it was therefore wonderful that Perfons thus wounded therTL^^did not all die upon the Spot, or in the operation of making the Su- ^(j^^tures, till ^ Hildanus, ^ Bkgny, Dionys, ^ Palfynus,^ Jo. Maur. Hoffman, ^ Scha-cher, ^Vater, ^^Chefelden, and others, obferved that the Li

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