Excision of the knee-joint : a description of a new apparatus for the after treatment with illustrative cases / by Patrick Heron Watson.

  • Watson, Patrick Heron, Sir, 1832-1907.
Date:
1867
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Credit: Excision of the knee-joint : a description of a new apparatus for the after treatment with illustrative cases / by Patrick Heron Watson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    2. I have next to consider the special advantage which this method of treatment affords for the application of dressings to the site of operation. the patient was discharged. There was then ‘no pain or tenderness about the joint.’ ”—Hamilton’s Military Surgery, p. 514. Table of Cases of Excision of Knee practised on Account of Gunshot Injury of the Articulation. Deaths. Recoveries. 1 Textor, senior, . . . 1847 1 • • • 2 Fahle — Schleswig- ' -1851 1 Holstein, . . . . 3 Lakin—Crimea, 1855 1 • • • 4 Brown—Alumbaugh, . 1857 1 • • • 5 London Hospital— j-1861 1 Hutchinson,small shot, • j. • • • • 6 Birmingham case, . 1861 • • • • • 1 7 Verneuil’s, .... 1863 • • • • • 1 8 Bontecue, .... 1862 • • • • 1 ( “ Trough stuffed \ with hay.” 8 Heller,. 1863 1 3 Hinkle,. 1863 1 8 Bently,. 1863 1 ... 8 Bently,. 1863 1 8 Homans,. 1864 1 Fracture box. 8 Unknown, .... 1864 1 Fracture box. 8 Bontecue, .... 1864 1 ( Bandage of Sculte- ( tus and bran bags. 8 Rush,. 1865 1 8 Fairfax Seminary Hos-1 - pital case, . . J >•1862 1 ... 8 Thorne,. 1863 • • • • • 1 18 cases 14 4 1 Fuchs’ Dissertation, 1854; and 0. Heyfelder’s Traite des Resections, par E. Boeckel. Paris, 1863, p. 106. 2 Friedrich Esmarch, Die Resectionen nach Schusswunden. Kiel, 1851. Stathams Esmarch, p. 113. 3 Medical and Surgical History of the British Army during the War against Russia, vol. ii. pp. 352 and 379.—Macleod, Notes on the Surgery of the War in the Crimea, p. 349. 4 Brown, Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal, October 1860. 5 The Lancet, April 20, 1861. 6 Medical Times and Gazette, May 1861. 7 Gazette Hebdomadaire, November 1862 ; Soc. de Chirurg. de Paris, Seance du 10 Juin 1863.—Ligoues, Traite de Chirurg. d’Armee, p. 750. 8 Reports on the Extent and Nature of the Materials available for the Preparation of a Medical and Surgical History of the Rebellion. Circular No. 6, War Department, S urgeon- General’s Office, Washington, November 1, 1865, pp. 58, 59, 60.