Practical observations upon amputation, and the after-treatment.
- Alanson, Edward, 1747-1823.
- Date:
- 1779
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Practical observations upon amputation, and the after-treatment. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Practical observations upon amputation, and the after-treatment. Source: Wellcome Collection.
![[ 3« ] 1779’ an<^ on 24th t^ie ^ame Month the Wound was perfectly healed, and the Patient difcharged the Hofpital on the 27th, the Ci¬ catrix only a fimple Line acrofs the Face of the Stump from Side to Side, and his general Health fo perfectly reftored, that he walked Home from the Hofpital (the Afternoon of the Day of his Difcharge) which is 13 Miles diftant. The earlieft unfavourable Symptoms fub- fequent to Amputation, are Spafms, and Hae¬ morrhage : as I fhould be highly blameable to arrogate any Merit that is not folely due to the Method I have recommended, it is but juft to obferve, that the Abatement of violent Spafms is principally due to the VefTels being drawn out and tied alone with the Tenacu¬ lum, as introduced into Practice by Mr, Bromfield, who moft highly deferves the Thanks of every Well-wither to Surgery for fo ufeful and important an Improvement. I would rather have the Merit of this fingle Improvement, than the Vanity of being the Author of all the fpeculative and theoretical Volumes ever publiihed* How-*](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30791686_0038.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
