Experimental surgery / by Nicholas Senn.

Chicago : W.T. Keener, 1889.

xii, 522 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Fractures of the neck of the femur, with special reference to bony union after intra-capsular fracture.--Experimental researches on cicatrization in blood-vessels after ligature.--An experimental and clinical study of air-embolism.--The surgery of the pancreas, as based upon experiments and clinical researches.--An experimental contribution to intestinal surgery, with special reference to the treatment of intestinal obstruction.--Rectal insufflation of hydrogen gas an infallible test in the diagnosis of visceral injury of the gastro-intestinal canal in penetrating wounds of the abdomen.