On bandaging and other operations of minor surgery / by F.W. Sargent.

  • Sargent, F. W. (Fitzwilliam), 1820-1889.
Date:
1861
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: On bandaging and other operations of minor surgery / by F.W. Sargent. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the National Library of Medicine (U.S.), through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

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    Opening of the temporal artery—Operation of Magistel—Incision of one of the branches, as advised by Velpeau 258 SECTION II. ON TOPICAL BLEEDING. On Cupping — Dry-cupping — Modes of operating — Wet-cupping — Apparatus required — Mode of lessening the pain attending the application of cups 258 On the application of leeches 261 Modes of arresting bleeding from leech-bites 263 Mode of preserving the leech 264 Scarification as a means of local depletion 265 CHAPTER III. ON THE MODES OF EFFECTING COUNTER-IRRITATION 266 SECTION I. RUBEFACIENTS. Hot water—Sand—The oils, &c.—Sinapisms—Mode of their employ- ment—The spice poultice—Preparation..., 266 SECTION II. VESICANTS. Boiling water—Hot metal—Steam—Spanish flies—Mode of employ- ing the cerate—Application of the vesicant—Treatment of the blis- tered surface—Mode of relieving strangury — Cases to which this agent is applicable—Croton oil — Its mode of action and employ- ment—Croton oil plaster—The strong water of ammonia — Mode of employment—Granville's lotions 268 SECTION III. SUPPURATIVE COUNTER-IRRITANTS. Mineral acids—The actual cautery, &c.—Tartar emetic—Application of the ointment—Dressing of the surface — Tartar emetic in solu- tion and in plaster—Nitrate of silver — Application and uses — Caustic potassa—Mode of employment—Dressing of the surface— The Vienna paste — M. Canquoin's chloride of zinc paste — White oxide of arsenic — The actual cautery—The moxa, prepara- tion and employment—Issues — Their formation — Point of inser- tion—Setons—Composition — Mode of employment—Acupuncture —Operation — Electro-puncture — Uses—Vaccination—Collection and preservation of the vaccine virus — Modes of inserting the matter 273