Railway surgery : a handbook on the management of injuries / by Clinton B. Herrick ; profusely illustrated by numerous original engravings.

  • Herrick, Clinton B. (Clinton Bradford), 1859-1915
Date:
1899
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Railway surgery : a handbook on the management of injuries / by Clinton B. Herrick ; profusely illustrated by numerous original engravings. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    TABLE OF CONTENTS, PAGE Preface v. List of Illustrations ix.-xi. Introduction, ......... i CHAPTER I. History—Statistics—General Considerations, . . . . ' 3 CHAPTER II. The Railway Surgical Service—Emergency Packet—Hospital and Relief Car, .11 CHAPTER III. A Study of the Forces at Play in the Production of Wounds on the Railway, .......... 18 CHAPTER IV. Railway Wounds: Their Nature, History, Appearance, and Diagnosis, . 23 CHAPTER V. Conditions Associated with Railway Injuries—Shock and Its Treatment — Sepsis—Primary Treatment of Wounds — Transportation, ......... 34 CHAPTER VI. The Emergency Case—Preparation of Materials—Sterilization —Anaesthetics 42 CHAPTER VII. Cuts—Bruises—Burns and Scalds, 56 CHAPTER VIII. Sprains—Dislocations—Dislocation of the Shoulder-joint; of the Hip, 60 CHAPTER IX. Scalp and Face Wounds 76