A general system of surgery in three parts - Containing the doctrine and management, I. Of wounds, fractures, luxations, tumours, and ulcers, of all kinds. II. Of the several operations performed on (14582759950)

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Title: A general system of surgery in three parts : Containing the doctrine and management, I. Of wounds, fractures, luxations, tumours, and ulcers, of all kinds. II. Of the several operations performed on all parts of the body. III. Of the several bandages applied in all operations and disorders. The whole illustrated with thirty eight copper-plates, exhibiting all the operations, instruments, bandages, and improvements, according to the modern and most approved practice : to which is prefixed an introduction concerning the nature, origin, progress, and improvements of surgery : with such other preliminaries as are necessary to be known by the younger surgeons. Being a work of thirty years experience

Year: 1743 (1740s)

Authors: Heister, Lorenz, 1683-1758 Mynde, J

Subjects: Surgery, Operative Surgical instruments and apparatus Bandages and bandaging Surgery General Surgery Bandages

Publisher: London : Printed for W. Innys at the West-End os St. Paul's ... (and four others)

Contributing Library: Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine

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their Ends, thatthey may hold the Polypus more firmly. Fig. 11, Denotes another Pair of Plyers, perforated at their Ends like the for-mer, but made a little crooked, that they may twift off and extrad: Pdlypufesgrowing in the Fauces, and pofterior Part of the Nofe, Fig. 12. Is an Inftrument I contrived to pafs a String round the Root of a Po-lypus, to remove it by Ligature, according to Chap. LXXI. N° VII. Fig. 13. Reprefents the Polypus I removed by a Ligature, made with the pre-ceding Inftrument, Fig. 12. A the Root which grew to the middle of theexternal Side of the right Noftril, B the Extremity of it which appeared outat the Nofe. ,Fig. 14. Denotes Part of the Face, in which the Noftrils were concreted, andthe upper Lip turned back, and joined to the Nofe. Fig. 15 and 16. Reprefent two Pipes of Lead or Brafs, furnifhed with Wings,to dilate and keep open the Noftrils, Fig. 15 for the right, and 16 for theleft, in the Cure of the difordered Face, Fig. 14. Of ru././.f4S. TAii. xrx.

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Scd. II. Of the Hare-Tip. 44p Of Chirurgical Operations on tlie Lips. ■ ■■^■- ■ ■■ - Ti-r-r-giM II ^-m C H A P. LXXV.Of the Hare-Lip. 1. TN Ibme People we obferve the upper Lip in a manner flit or divided % Dcfcription. A fo as to refemble the upper Lip of a Hare, as in Tab. XX. Fig. i. ofwhich Ivind I lately obferved and cured one : This Diforder is therefore calledthe Hare-lip from its Similitude to the fame Part in that Animal. Some-times the Divifion is fo large, that one would imagine Part of the Lip to bewanting ; and fometimes again the Fiffure or Divifion is double, fo as to re-femble the Letter M, and then the Patient is faid to have a double Haie-Lip.In Infants this Diforder obftrufts their Sucking, as it does the Speech in Adults.Sometimes a like Fifllire is obferved in the lower Lip, from a Wound which■has been neglefted, or improperly treated •, and this lafl: Species of the Dif-order is termed the fpurious Hare-lip. In the true Kind, which is born witht

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