The surgical works of the late John Jones, M.D.

  • Jones, John, 1729-1791.
Date:
1795
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Credit: The surgical works of the late John Jones, M.D. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    parts fo feparated, after being cleaned from dirt and coagulated blood ; ought to be brought as nearly as poffible into contact ; and then fecured by the interrupted future, with proper comprefs and bandage. In cafe the lips of the wound are fo ragged and uneven, as not to admit of an exaft; apportion, they may be brought to approach fo near each other with a ligature and flip knot, as to lefl'en the deformity, and fhorten the cure, advan- tages which a good furgeon mould ever have in view. Should the parts not univerfally unite, but form little abfeeffes in different places; thefe may eafily be opened by the point of a lancet, and the matter difcharged ; and this mode of praBice, may take place with propriety, where the pericranium itfelf is re- moved, and a (light exfoliation fucceeds, with- out retarding or obftrucYmg the cure ; even where the pericranium and aponeurotic ex- panhonarebecome floughy andinflamed. If the furgeon be not in too great hafte to cut, and will havepatience to wait until a reparation and good digeftion are come on, he will frequently fucceed in prefcrvin^ ihe fca'p, and avoiding O