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Excerpt from The American Medical Times, Vol. 8: Being a Weekly Series of the New York Journal of Medicine; January to June, 1864 Next, I wish to take exception to the idea that we should not regard as a condition of saving the limb the removal of splinters of bone. Whatever fi res may show in support of such a view, the experience 0 almost every surgeon is to the contrary. I believe that the wound of exit should be explored and all loose splinters of bone be removed; those that are firmly imbedded should be left. I consider this a condition almost essential to recovery. Lastly, I would oblect to the treatment of cases without apparatus. I be 'eve that a certain amount of retentive means, together with moderate extension and coapting splints, is requisite. 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.

Excerpt from The American Medical Times, Vol. 8: Being a Weekly Series of the New York Journal of Medicine; January-June, 1864 Next, I wish to take exception to the idea that we should not regard as a condition of saving the limb the removal of Splinters of bone. Whatever figures may show in support of such a view, the experience of almost every surgeon is to the contrary. I believe that the wound of exit should be explored and all loose splinters of bone be removed; those that are firmly imbedded should be left. I consider this a condition almost essential to recovery. Lastly, I would object to the treatment of cases without apparatus. I believe that a certain amount of retentive means, together with moderate extension and coapting splints, is requisite. 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.

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Excerpt from The American Medical Times, 1863, Vol. 6: Being a Weekly Series of the New York Journal of Medicine Amputation, primary cases which require, 73; of leg. New method for, 88; in gunshot fracture of femur, 110; at shoul der-joint, 137; when to be performed, 149. 302. 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.