The American journal of the medical sciences (1827)
[Thorofare, N.J., etc.] Charles B. Slack [etc.] · leaf 251
e struck the patient's chest." 34. Skey's Tourniquet. — The tourniquet which I have substituted is composed of two semicircles, one of which fits into the other by running in a groove. Each half is fixed by a spring catch to the other, and may be enlarged or re- duced at will to any size required… … each_ semicircle is the pad for pressure and counter-pressure, the former being provided with the ordinary screw. The pads are made small, in order to in- clude as little surface in the pressure as is compatible with the safe application of the instrument. When employed for a lesser limb, the arm…
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