Observations on the ligature of arteries, secondary hemorrhage, and amputation at the hip-joint / by James Veitch.

  • Veitch, James, 1770?-1856.
Date:
1824
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Credit: Observations on the ligature of arteries, secondary hemorrhage, and amputation at the hip-joint / by James Veitch. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    port the limb, and retract the integuments, as in cases of ordinary amputation. This being done, and the surgeon placed on the outside of the thigh, he will commence his first circular inci- sion on the same principles as in the ordinary amputation of the thigh, and carry it through the integuments and fascia, freely into the substance of the subjacent muscles, which the assistant will immediately retract, to enable the surgeon to commence, without delay, a second circular inci- sion, at a point somewhat higher, to be carried directly to the bone. When the muscles are completely divided, the next object is to cut the bone an inch or two below the circular incision, with this view, a longitudinal incision is to be made on the inside, and another on the outside of the thigh, commencing each incision at the top of the inferior section of the muscles, and car- rying it towards the knee, somewhat more than two inches from the place of its commencement. This being done, the muscles are to be dissected from the bone, in the direction of the knee, to the extent of an inch and a half, near which point the bone must be divided. This part of the operation, it is evident, can give no pain, and will not occupy half a minute. The next step is to