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Case of traumatic spreading gangrene, after severe compound fracture of the leg, for which amputation beneath the trochanters was performed, and the arteries secured by four acupressure needles: the femoral artery, at its giving off the profunda branch, was relieved from pressure at the forty-ninth hour after the operation: with recovery; and remarks. Illustrated by a woodcut. Read before the Edinburgh Medico-Chirurgical Society, 7th Nov. 1860. Reprinted from the Edinburgh Medical Journal, December 1860

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TitleCase of traumatic spreading gangrene, after severe compound fracture of the leg, for which amputation beneath the trochanters was performed, and the arteries secured by four acupressure needles: the femoral artery, at its giving off the profunda branch, was relieved from pressure at the forty-ninth hour after the operation: with recovery; and remarks. Illustrated by a woodcut. Read before the Edinburgh Medico-Chirurgical Society, 7th Nov. 1860. Reprinted from the Edinburgh Medical Journal, December 1860

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Peter David (1808-1881) Handyside

Place of publicationEDINBURGH

Year of publication1860

Pagination10pp

IllustrationsIll.

Dimensions20cm

MaterialPAMPHLET

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SubjectPAMPHLET, Acupressure, INFECTION, FRACTURE, AMPUTATION, NINETEENTH CENTURY BOOK - ILLUSTRATED, GANGRENE, ARTERIES

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