On local asphyxia and symmetrical gangrene of the extremities / by Maurice Raynaud ; translated by Thomas Barlow.

  • Raynaud, Maurice R., 1834-1881.
Date:
1888
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Credit: On local asphyxia and symmetrical gangrene of the extremities / by Maurice Raynaud ; translated by Thomas Barlow. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    LOCAL ASPHYXIA AND SYMMETIUCAL GANGRENE OE THE EXTREMITIES. CHAPTER I. GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS ON SPONTANEOUS GANGRENE. I. “ Everything conceruiug spoutaneous gaiigreno is in a state of distressing uncertainty,” wrote M. Victor François, of Mous, in 1832, in a work whicli bas justly become classical ;* and tbis acknowledgment of tbe gaps of knowledge upon tbis important part of patbology migbt at tbat time pass for tbe exact expression of tbe trutb. If it is permitted to medicine to conçoive a legitimate pride in taking a general rétrospective survey over its past, tben assuredly it is well to do so in ail tbat relates to tbe subject wbicb is about to occupy our attention. Since tbe above epocb, and tbanks to tbe progress of patbo- logical anatomy, mucb of tbe darkness bas disappeared, a goodly number of positive facts bave beeu added to knowledge, and if tbere remains still mucb to be doue, at least tbe direction is indi- cated and tbe way opened. Amongst tbe writers wbo bave con- tributed mostto tbis progress, it is rigbt to assign anbonourable rauk to tbe distinguisbed pbysician wbom I bave just cited; bis work, based upon a considérable number of observations, is still tbe most complété treatise tbat we possess on tbe subject. Witbout pretending, as one would do bim wrong in saying, tbat spontaneous gangrené bas a vascular obstruction for its constant cause, M. François at least establisbed On an extensive basis of statistics tbe very great frequency of tbis cause and sougbt to estimate its mecbanism. Tbat is certainly tbe most practical * Essai sur les gangrènes spontanées. A work crowned in 1830 b7 the Soc. Roy. de Me'd. de Bordeaux. Mons, 1832.