The American journal of the medical sciences (1827)
[Thorofare, N.J., etc.] Charles B. Slack [etc.] · leaf 317
Prince, Plans for Exsection and Amputation. 317 1865.] principal anterior flap meets the line of integument upon the short poste- rior flap without any tension whatever, the case is better than a superfluous amount of integument. Fig. 7 represents the appearance of the stump. The end of the bone is… … Thigh Amputation. Appearance of the Stump. — The cicatrix will be away from the end of the bone. Thus it is claimed that the method here presented is equal to any other in the facility with which it may be performed, and in the preservation of the vitality of the parts intended to cover the end of…
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