Atlas and epitome of operative surgery / by Dr. Otto Zuckerkandl ... authorized translation from the German; edited by J. Chalmers Da Costa ... With 24 colored plates and 217 illustrations in the text.

  • Zuckerkandl, Otto, 1861-1921.
Date:
1898
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Credit: Atlas and epitome of operative surgery / by Dr. Otto Zuckerkandl ... authorized translation from the German; edited by J. Chalmers Da Costa ... With 24 colored plates and 217 illustrations in the text. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    must often be aided by iispiratinn by means of an attached syringe.' For the purpose of making .subcutaneous injections a fold of skin is raised and the needle of the syringe is in- troduced horizontally through the skin into the subcu- taneous cellular tissue, into whic^h tlie fluid is forced by pressure upon the piston of the syringe.^ In making parenchymatous injections the needle of the syringe is introduced directly through the skin into the interior of the organ (thyroid gland, lymphatic glands). Fig. 19.—The thermocautery of Paquelin : A, tip ; li, spirit-lamp; C, rub- ber air-bulb ; D E, reservoir for benzine. Bloodless Methods of Dividing Tissues.—(1) The actual caidery, consisting of an iron rod brought to a 1 The old grooved exploring-needle has been generally abandoned in favor of the hollow needle. The former instrument is unsafe if infective material is withdrawn by it, as the fluid comes in contact with the canal of i)uncture and will probably infect it.—Ed. ■'' After introducing the needle move it from side to side to see tbat it is free and to be certain it has not entered a blood-vessel.—Ed.