Report of observations made in the British military hospitals in Belgium after the battle of Waterloo, with some remarks upon amputation / by John Thomson.

Date:
1816
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Credit: Report of observations made in the British military hospitals in Belgium after the battle of Waterloo, with some remarks upon amputation / by John Thomson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    Wounds of the Loins and Pelvist 113. » ' ■ Wounds of the Inferior Extremities. Of the Hip.joint, 122.—Of the Thigh, 125.—Complicated with Fracture of the Femur, 129.—Of the Knee-joint, 136. —Of the Leg, 139.—Of the Ankle and Foot, 14?1. Wounds of the Superior Extremities. Of the Shoulder, 14;6.—Of the Arm, 155—Of the Elbow- joint, 156.—Of the Fore-arm and Hand, 157. Amputation. History of Amputation in Military Practice, 159.—Evidence in favour of immediate Amputation, 225.—Amputation after the Battle of Waterloo, 226.—Circumstances requisite for the advantageous Performance of immediate Amputa- tion, 229.—Enumeration of the Injuries in which immediate Amputation is required, 233.—History, of Amputation at the Hip-joint, 258—Instances in which this Operation has been performed, 264;, in Belgium 270.—Cases requiring im- mediate Amputation at the Hip-joint, 274*.—Cases requiring the secondary Amputation at that Joint, 278.
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