Volume 1

Cases in surgery, with remarks. Part the first / by Charles White. To which is added, an essay on the ligature of arteries, by J. Aikin.

  • White, Charles, 1728-1813.
Date:
1770
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Credit: Cases in surgery, with remarks. Part the first / by Charles White. To which is added, an essay on the ligature of arteries, by J. Aikin. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    sas ufual, and made ufe of his arm and *¢ hand as much as he poffibly could. ** At length by thefe frequent motions ** the ends of each cemented feparately. «¢ They were bound by membranes, that ** were pee ventions of the ncienhaeete “¢ parts, xc. I couLD produce more inftances of this fort, but as they were complicated with wounds of the integuments, they are not | dire€tly to the point; therefore do not fall under our notice at this time. CELsus appears to me to have fpoken more intelligibly upon this fubject than any other author, either ancient or modern. Indeed he is the only perfon who has pro- pofed any remedy for this terrible misfor- tune, which, as it is intirely local, can only be removed by manual operation: he fays; « When the bones happen’ not to “unite, becaufe they have been often ‘opened, and often moved, the method | “of cure is obvious; for they may unite, te if