The American journal of the medical sciences (1827)
[Thorofare, N.J., etc.] Charles B. Slack [etc.] · leaf 316
316 Prince, Plans for Exsection and Amputation. [April When the amputation is near the knee-joint, the flap, instead of being an antero-exterior one, should be directly anterior, or antero-interior, to enable the surgeon to get his thumb upon the artery without the interpo- sition of too much… … Amputation of Tliigh at the Junction of the Middle and Lower Third. — The retractor has been withdrawn, by an assistant, and tbe knife is ready for the final cut. The femoral artery is held between the thumb and fingers of tbe operator. In the posterior cut, the operator may make a flap of what…
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