The Medical Intelligencer PDF Download

Excerpt from The American Medical Intelligencer: A Concentrated Record of Medical Science and Literature The patient having been prepared, when this is necessary, by rest, diet, purging, for the operation, it is performed as follows. If the individual be achild, he may be laid across his mother's lap; if older, he shouldbe placed flat on his face upon a bed or table; an assistant steadies the limb, while the surgeon grasps the foot with the right or left hand, as thefcase may be, and forbibl extends it, so as to relax/.the tendon and the integu ments covering it. 1he then passes from within outwards a narrow convex edgedf bistoury, about one or two inches above the os calcis, and between the integument and tendon, until its point, gets bey'on'd thefouter margin of the latter ithe foot is then suddenly flexed, which brings the tendon against the knife, previously turned upon its edge, and with very little pressure upon the'instrument the operation is completed, which is generally indicated by the snap, and by a sudden jerk; As soon as this is perceived, and not until then, the knife is Withdrawn in the same way in which it had been introduced. The little wound is then closed by adhesive plaster, the stretching apparatus applied, and the subsequent treatment conducted as I have already indicated. Whenever it seems necessary to divide other ten dons, the operation is to be performed upon a similar 'plan; make but one puncture, and divide them directly across, and then begin to extend the parts at once. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.