The American journal of the medical sciences (1827)
[Thorofare, N.J., etc.] Charles B. Slack [etc.] · leaf 252
246 Progress of the Medical Sciences. [July the thigh of a child, the circle is lessened to the required size by raising the lateral springs, and pressing the outer half or semicircle downwards upon the inner one, by which the large circle is converted into one of smaller size, the alteration being… … I have found this tourniquet exceedingly efficient in its avoidance of the ob- jections to that commonly used, and equally so in its power of arresting arterial hemorrhage. It is also especially applicable to cases requiring pressure for the treatment of aneurism, being less irksome and painful to…
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