On the causes of mortality after amputation of the limbs / [John Haddy James].

  • James, J. H. (John Haddy), 1788-1869.
Date:
1850
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Credit: On the causes of mortality after amputation of the limbs / [John Haddy James]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    From forty- nine, with ansesthesia. He also collected subsequently the results of the experience of forty-nine British hospitals, under ansesthesia, as follows. (Table i., p. 7.) Primary amputations. No. Deaths. Thigh . 24 .. 12 Leg . . 32 .. 9 Arm . 17 .. 4 i 73 .. 25 Dr. But to this table we must refer with some hesitation, for it is probable that some of the worst cases which occurred in these hospitals, not having been submitted to ansesthesia, do not appear in the returns. Professor Simpson’s tables include all amputations. My reasons for stating the primary only, must be obvious. London Hi*. Potter, whose valuable life fell an early sacrifice CollegeHos- to the duties of our profession, has given the results of sixty-six cases of amputation of all kinds, during a period of six years and a half, at the London University They offer only ten cases and three deaths of primary amputations of the different limbs, but they are reported with complete accuracy.* Mr. South has also given a very full statement of Mr. South. the cases which occurred m his own practice at St. Thomases Hospital during six years, i.e., from 1835 to 1840 inclusive; they amount to fifty-four of all kinds. Of these, pital Potter Hospital. primary, were- Thigh . Leg . Arm . Pore-arm | Primary amputations. No. Deaths. 5 .. 5 9 .. 2 6 .. 0 1 .. 0 -1 21 .. 7 * Medico-Chirurgical Transactions, vol. xxiw, p. 155. f Translation of Chelius, with Commentary, vol ii., p. 911.