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 (14746445366)

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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

Digitizing Sponsor: Open Knowledge Commons and Harvard Medical School

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eflTedPart may be reftored. In the mean time an Incifion ought always to be madethrough the common Integuments, that they may be drawn back for the In-ftrument to take place, iV. 15. and a Foramen fhould be made with a fliarp-pointed Inftrument, (Fig.y. or i. Lett, A) to admit of the end of the Trepan.Aparticuiar XXVJII. But as the Elcvatorics at Fig. 7, and 8. are fo contrived, thatv^ ^vvlth ^^^^^ ^^^ neighbouring Bones are deprefled or fradhired, thefe Inftrumentsthre7Feet. Cannot be applied without danger of encreafing the Complaint, it appeared ne^ceflTary to the Surgeons amongft the Antients to invent another Inftrument forthis purpofe, which might be applied with more Safety; this they called, fromthe number of its Feet, Tripes, fab. VII. Fig. 12. it is near twice as big as theFigure we have given you ; the Feet AAA may be placed at farther diftances,or brought near?r tQ each oth^rj as you ftiall fee occafionj the manner of applying ^/Y.m- •• /:-LI^f: ■y^.i^ c/ia. /. L/m:2

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Chap.i^V. 0/Co NTU SI 6ns. Sp applying it is this; the feet of this Inftrument are applied to the found Parts©f the Head, and the Screw B C, by frequently turning round its handle D D,will prefently lay hold of the deprefled Part of the Cranium, efpecially if youhave before-hand made a fmall hole in the middle of it with the Awl at Fig. t.upon turning the Screw E E, the Trepan is raifed by degrees, and with itthe depreffed Part of the Cranium. You will conceive this mor>; clearly byexamining Plate YII. Fig. 13. but if any opening fhall appear between thefraftured Parts of the Cranium, it will be better to take off the pointed end ofthe Inftrument, and in its room fix the Elevatory G, by the Screw H, aboutthe Part at Letter Fof Fig. 12. and by the affiftance of this the depreffed Partmay be raifed, as we taught above. XXIX. HiLDANus delcribes an Inftrument for this Intention, which is a hudanussmuch fimpler Inftrument than that which we have juft ftiewn you, and a very ^^™°)conv

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