Practical observations upon amputation, and the after-treatment.

  • Alanson, Edward, 1747-1823.
Date:
1779
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Credit: Practical observations upon amputation, and the after-treatment. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    dy could be applied. It mod frequently oc¬ curs, many Days after the Operation, when Digeftion and Granulation are fully formed, and all Danger of this Kind is reafonably fup- pofed to be over. In one Cafe where I at¬ tended, it happened three Weeks after the Operation. When the Skin is not placed over the Surface of the Wound, but, inftead of this judicious Practice, the Wound is dila¬ ted with dry Lint, Nature ever adtive to re*, lieve herfelf, forms a confiderable Digeftion, and confequent Granulation upon the whole Surface, by which the Dreffings are feparated and caft off. In feme Habits thefe Granu¬ lations do not prove a fufficient Support to the Extremity of an Artery, they are not able to refill: the Impetus of the circulating Fluid, which conlequently burfts forth, and fre¬ quently exhaufts the Patient before he is either aware of his Situation, or any Help can be obtained. I have known this Haemorrhage happen when all the Ligatures have been caft off, and a Month after the Operation, when the Stump was half healed, Vid. two G fatal