The ambulance surgeon; or, Practical observations on gunshot wounds / By P.L. Appia ... Ed. by T.W. Nunn ... and A.M. Edwards.

  • Appia, P. L. (P. Louis), 1818-1898.
Date:
1862
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Credit: The ambulance surgeon; or, Practical observations on gunshot wounds / By P.L. Appia ... Ed. by T.W. Nunn ... and A.M. Edwards. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University.

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    the results of his 15 amputations have been astonish- ingly favourable, since he had 15 cures. M. Jobert pronounces in favour of the attempt to preserve limbs where the flesh has not been too much crushed, even when numerous wounds exist, and nume- rous splinters which pierce the tissues; but, when ablation of the limb is judged necessary, he gives the preference to immediate amputation, as superior to the secondary operation, provided that they wait about twenty-four hours, so as to allow the patient time to recover his senses. Professor Stromeyer, surgeon-in-chief of the army of Schleswig, does not pronounce a decided opinion. He thinks that union ought to be attempted when the ball appears to have produced only a simple frac- ture. The campaign of 1849 has offered numerous cases of union of fractures of all kinds. He thinks that the question is not yet decided, and that its solu- tion on one side or the other depends on the facility one may have for maintaining the limb in an immov- able positiou, and not being forced to transport it beyond a short distance.