Modern methods of intestinal anastomosis / by August Schachner.

  • August Schachner
Date:
1895
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    r. [From Mathews' Medical Quarterly, July, 1895.] MODERN METHODS OF INTESTltf§fe TOMOSIS. BY AirCUST SCHACHNKR, M. D., P Louisville, Ky. If the direct results of all of Professor Semi's labors were to be proven erroneous he would, by the matchless impres- sion which his efforts have indirectly created, nevertheless stand as one of the most forcible figures in the surgery of the nineteenth century. Indirectly these efforts are more responsible than those of any other single surgeon, or per- haps a number of surgeons, for the establishment of one of the most brilliant schools known in the entire history of sur- gery. Many valuable and ingenious suggestions, ideas, and devices have been given us by others, and since the time of Senn's first labors in this direction; but who can prove that in the absence of Senn we would still have made the same rapid advances which we have made and which we believe to be due to that fruitful tide which has been created and kept alive by the energies of this surgeon. Viewing the question of intestinal surgery from a general standpoint we-see an almost equal division, with one side in favor of devices of one variety or another, and the other side in favor of methods involving the suture alone. In America there seems to be a predominating influence in favor of some character of device, while among the European sur- geons many brilliant efforts have been made in behalf of the suture per se. As to which will gain the final suprem- acy, or as to whether there ever will be such a condition as a final supremacy, it is difficult to foretell; but, speaking in general, we can not deny that, all things being equal, we