The American journal of the medical sciences (1827)
[Thorofare, N.J., etc.] Charles B. Slack [etc.] · leaf 306
306 Prince, Plans for Exsection and Amputation. [April holding down the skin by the fingers of an assistant, or by a spatula, as shown in the figure. When the retractor has passed under the bone, and been turned over, it presents the appearance shown in Fig. 2. Fig. 2. … Excision of Head of Humerus. — The retractor has heen passed beneath the hone, and turned over, to bring the convex grooved side up, and the saw is being applied. Pig. 2 shows a common saw applied upon the bone, and working through without any possibility of its teeth touching the soft parts, as…
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