The universal dispensatory : containing companions to the tropical, the continental, the family, the country clergyman's, the traveller's, and the military, or officer's dispensaries, or medical chests : detailing the properties, doses, and best methods of exhibiting the contents of each chest, in different climates and countries / by Reece and Co.

  • Reece and Co.
Date:
1814
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Credit: The universal dispensatory : containing companions to the tropical, the continental, the family, the country clergyman's, the traveller's, and the military, or officer's dispensaries, or medical chests : detailing the properties, doses, and best methods of exhibiting the contents of each chest, in different climates and countries / by Reece and Co. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    so the divided ends of the vessels, or over the wound, bv the lingers. ’ ^ 1 he tourniquet is only employed in case of the division of any ot the vessels which convey the blood from the heart, termed arteries. In consequence of the power with which the blood is propelled through this system of vessels, it happens, that when they are wounded, the blood flows rapidly and in jerks from the wounded part. The vessels by which the blood is returned to the heart, are called veins. The blood in them receiv'es but little of the impelling force of the heart, and therefore moves not with a strong tide or current, but glides and on ; hence wounds of these vessels are of very little im- portance, a small degree of pressure by a finger, or a dossel of lint, or some folded linen, upon the wounded part, will effectually stop the bleeding. The same will be sufficient in cases of divided arteries, when the vessels are small, or when a tourniquet or bandage is not at hand. Agaric, and other fungous substances, and preparations of iron and the mineral acids, have been much extolled for stopping the bleeding c*f wounds; their astringent ef- fects, if any they produce, are very temporary, and are alzmys productive of mischief, by irritating the wound, and preventing the union of its edges, or wnat is termed, its healing on the first intention. The same may be said of PYiar’s, of Turlington’s bal- sam, tincture of myrrh, &c. THE ENU. a, CAHNAIID, SKIN.VFB STRWET,