Case of traumatic spreading gangrene, after severe compound fracture of the leg, for which amputation beneath the trochanters was performed, and the arteries secured by four acupressure needles : the femoral artery, at its giving off the profunda branch, was relieved from pressure at the forty-ninth hour after the operation; with recovery : and remarks / by P.D. Handyside.

  • Handyside, P. D. (Peter David), 1808-1881.
Date:
[1860]
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Credit: Case of traumatic spreading gangrene, after severe compound fracture of the leg, for which amputation beneath the trochanters was performed, and the arteries secured by four acupressure needles : the femoral artery, at its giving off the profunda branch, was relieved from pressure at the forty-ninth hour after the operation; with recovery : and remarks / by P.D. Handyside. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CASE OF TKATJIATIC SPREADING GANGEENE, AFTER SEVERE COMPOUND FRACTURE OF THE LEG, FOR WHICH AMPUTATION BENEATH THE TROCHANTERS WAS PERFORMED, ^VND THE ARTERIES SEGCJRED BY FOUR ACUPRESSURE NEEDLES : THE FEMORAL ARTERY, AT ITS GHaNG OFF TH£ PROFUNDA BRANCH, WAS RELIEVED FROM PRESSURE AT THE FORTY-NINTH HOUR AFTER THE OPERATION : WITH RECOVERY ; AND KEMAEKS. By p. D. HANDYSIDE, M.D., F.R.S.E., KOKMEBLY SENIOR ORD^^^SUKGEON TO THE ROYAL INFIRMARY. lUSTO^reD ILLUSTRATED BY A WOODCUT. (iJead fte/ore the Edinhurgh Medico-Chimrgical Society, 1th Nov. 1860.)