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.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    pleasure in engaging in such service, as I know no manner in which I could more effectually contribute to the service of my country than by directing my exertions to the aid of the gallant Spaniards. Provided it is determined to afford the Spaniards assist- ance of this nature, I take the liberty of suggesting, that a small body of surgeons, with a proper number of assistants, to be placed under the orders of a siu'geon of experience, would be probably the best mode of embodying this kind of aid. My Lords, I am, with great respect, (Signed) JAMES VEITCH. Right Hon. The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. (Copy.) No. 12. My Dear Sir, Governor’s House, Guadalope, August 2, 1812. As it will ever afford me particular pleasure in bearing testimony to the merits of officers, with whom it may be my fate to serve, I must in justice to you state, that during the time I held the command on this station, your conduct as chief of the Royal Hospital, at Antigua, gave me the fullest satisfaction. Your zeal and ability cannot fail to recommend you to the notice of the Admiralty, in whose province it lays to reward the service of those who so emi- nently distinguish themselves in the line of their profession E