Case of traumatic spreading gangrene, after severe compound fracture of the leg, for which amputation beneath the trochanter was performed, and the arteries secured by four acupressure needles : the femoral artery, at its giving off the profunda branch, was relieved from pressure at the forty-ninth hour after the operation, with recovery, and remarks / by P.D. Handyside.

  • Handyside, P. D. (Peter David), 1808-1881.
Date:
[1860]
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Credit: Case of traumatic spreading gangrene, after severe compound fracture of the leg, for which amputation beneath the trochanter was performed, and the arteries secured by four acupressure needles : the femoral artery, at its giving off the profunda branch, was relieved from pressure at the forty-ninth hour after the operation, with recovery, and remarks / by P.D. Handyside. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    CASE OF TRAUMATIC SPREADING GANGRENE, AFTER SEVERE COMPOUND FRACTURE OF THE LEG, FOR WHICH AMPUTATION BENEATH THE TROCHANTERS WAS PERFORMED, AND THE ARTERIES SECURED BY FOUR ACUPRESSURE NEEDLES: THE FEMORAL ARTERY, AT ITS GIVING OFF THE PROFUNDA BRANCH, WAS /l!ELIEVED FROM PRESSURE j ~J AT THE FORT Y-N I N T II H 0 U R/' 1 AFTER THE OPERATION! WITH RECOVERY; j * ^ AND REMARKS. Br P. D. HANDY SIDE, M.D., F.R.SlE., FORMERLY SENIOR ORDINARY SURGEON TO THE ROYAL INFIRMARYi, ILLUSTRATED BY A WOODCUT. \ (Read before the Edinburgh Medico-Chiritrgical Society, 7th Nor. 1860.)