Volume 1

The science and art of surgery : being a treatise on surgical injuries, diseases, and operations / by John Eric Erichsen.

  • Erichsen, John Eric, 1818-1896.
Date:
1877
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The science and art of surgery : being a treatise on surgical injuries, diseases, and operations / by John Eric Erichsen. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by King’s College London. The original may be consulted at King’s College London.

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    CONTENTS OF THE FIKST VOLUME. DIVISION FIEST. FIKST PRINCIPLES. —♦— PAOP. Chapter I.—General Considerations on Operations. Objects of Suhgical Operations—Present Position of Operative Surgeiy—lilanual Dexterity and Scientific Knowledge Required 1—4 Conditions Influencing Success of Operations—State of General Health— Hygienic Conditions—Siiecial Conditions excited by the Operation itself . 4—13 Preparations for Operation 13—15 Employment of Anaesthetics—History—Influence on Mortality after Operations— Chloroform—Its Administration—Secondary Effects—Death from Chloroform Ether—Comparison between Ether and Chloroform—Nitrous Oxide Gas—Nitrous Oxide and Ether—Bichloride of Methylene—Treatment of Effect of Over-dose of Anesthetics—Local Anesthesia I5 28 Performance of an Operation—Incisions—Bloodless Methods—Sutures—Dress- ing—Constitutional After-Treatment—Remote Effect of Jlajor Operations 28 33 Chapter II.—Amputations and Disarticulations. Performance of an Amputation—Prevention of Hemorrhage—Modes of Cutting through the Soft Parts—Amputation by Circular Method—Flap Amputation-- Insti-uments—Double Flaps — Liston’s Method — Rectangular Flaps Teale’s Ojeration-Spence’s and Lister’s IMethods—Long Flap—Sawing the Bone- Arrest of HemoiThagc—Dressing the Stump-Simultaneous or Rapidly Consecu- tive Amputation of two Limbs 4^; Stumps—Structure of a Stump—Artificial Limbs—Morbid Conditions of Stmnps— Necrosis—Conical or Sugar-loaf Stumps—Aneurismal Enlargement of Arteiies Painful and Spasmodic Stumps—Stnimous, Malignant, and Fatty Den-cneration - 47-4!) mortality after AMPUTATION-Agc—General Health—Hygienic Conditions- Influence of Shock and Septic Disease—Seat of Amputation—Part of Bone- Injiuy or Disease—Nature of Disease—Time of Performance—Primary and Secondary Amputations—Summary ....... . 49 Chapter III.—Special Amputations. Amputations of the Upper LiMB-Fingers-Mctacarpo-Phalangcal Articulations lumb Mctacar])al Bones—Wrist —Forearm —Arm —Shoulder-Joint —By Upimr Method-General Results of Amputations of the '''TctTamH b'' LiMB-Tocs-Metatai^o-Phalangcal Artieulations- Mctataisal Bone of Great Toe-of Little Toe-Amputation of Metatarsus-Hcy’s -77