Principles of military surgery : comprising, observations on the arrangement, police, and practice of hospitals, and on the history, treatment, and anomalies of variola and syphilis. Illustrated with cases and dissections / By John Hennen.

  • Hennen, John, 1779-1828.
Date:
1830
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    Pitcairn, Dr. Deputy-inspector of Hospitals, his account of primary amputation in Egypt, 55. Pockels, Dr. surgeon in chief of the troops of Brunswick, cases by him, 136, 275, 319. Poultices, their utility, 71. Pott, Mr. Posture recommended by him in fractures, 104. Phthisis, from fractures, 116. Pulmonary affections from compound fractures, 116. Pulse, its state not conclusive in Tetanus, 205, nor in fever, 169. Remarkably slow in an injury of the head, 253. Purgatives, their utility, 73. Pus, removal of from compound fractures, 110. Preparations at Plymouth, 239, 314. At Chatham, 315* Preparatory measures on taking the field, 40. Prisoners, treatment of, 61. Projectiles, their force, 46. Quesnay, on injuries of the head, 255. Question of amputation, 55. Ranby, distribution of medical officers recommended by him, 45. Rear conveying wounded to, 45. Receiving hospital, 63. Recruits, examination of, 354. Reid, Assistant-surgeon, cases by him, 83, 294, 313, 325. Relapse, tendency to in wounds of the head, 257. Refreshments after a battle, 61. Roach, Staff-surgeon, his case of wound of the face, 283. Rogers, Assistant-surgeon 10th Hussars, case by him, 308. Sabre wounds, 59. See Head, Thorax, Abdomen. Saws, various kinds of, 43. Scapula, and its vessels, wounds of, 60, 309, 311. Scarifications, their utility and abuse, 60, 75. Scott, Dr. Assistant-surgeon 11th Regiment, case operated on by him, 118. Secondary hemorrhages, 149, 150. Setons, their use, 112. Shell, splinters of lodged, 83. Shoulder-joint amputation, 214. Silk, not impenetrable to balls, 50. Ligatures of, absorbed, 153. Simpson, Assistant-surgeon, 36th Regiment, cases by him, 131, 132. Skin, state of in wounds, 74. Sloughing, see Hospital Gangrene. Small-Pox, 375. Speech, loss of, remarkable case of, 250- Spinal pyramid, injuries of, 350. Spleen, wounds of, 347. Splinters, extraction of, 119. Splints, employment of, 108=