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 (14583011557)

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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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tly the Caufe of the very Diforder itfelf. But whenit arifes from a Weaknefs of the Sphinder, the moft likely Method of fuc-ceeding in its Removal, will be by the Ufe of corroborating, and nervousMedicines. II. But as the Diforder often receives no Relief from the beft Endeavours ofPhyficians ; Surgeons have therefore contrived various Inftruments for retainingthe Urine, that it might not be conftantly dribbling, to the great Detrimentof the Patient. Some are for advifing the Patient to carry a Leather Bottle,or Bag, lined with Pitch, and of fuch a Figure, as to lie commodioufly be-tween the Thighs, being capacious enough to hold about half a Pint ; othersare for faftening a brafs or fteel Pot of the like Nature, to the Penis, reprefentedin Tah. XXVI. Fig. 7. which are to be emptied when near full. But asthofe Receptacles cannot be conftantly retained upon the Part, taken off and on,and carried about by the Patient, without great Trouble and Inconveniencies j fome Fc/.ir.p.ss. Tab yvn

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Sed. V. Of Incontmency <?/ Urine. %7 fome of our modern Surgeons have therefore invented more tight and eafyInftruments, whereby the Penis and Urethra are gently comprefTed, io as toretain the Urine in the Bladder, and difcharge it by Day or Night at Pleafure,with httle more Trouble than in the ordinary way, by opening and ihuttingthe httle, light, and eafy Inftrument, called a Take, exhibited in tab. XXVI.Fig. 8. which is lined with Leather, and taken from Nuck. One of thefe In-ftruments, ftill more convenient, is reprefented by Fig. 9. which may betightened and relaxed, according to the different Size of the Penis, havingbeen frequently ufed with Succefs in many of thefe Caies, by my own Expe-rience, and never before delineated by any Perfon that I know of. III. A kind of Inftrument was formerly publiihed by Nuck, and not long contrivanceafter by Winslow, for this Diforder, being a Sort of fteel Trufs, to be ap- and Win-plied almoft in the fame Manner as in Ruptures, which we hav

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