Surgical memoirs of the campaigns of Russia, Germany, and France / by Baron D.J. Larrey ; translated from the French, by John C. Mercer.

  • Larrey, D. J. (Dominique Jean), baron, 1766-1842.
Date:
1832
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Credit: Surgical memoirs of the campaigns of Russia, Germany, and France / by Baron D.J. Larrey ; translated from the French, by John C. Mercer. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    able point on the surface of his body, and there deposits its eggs. The horse removes with his tongue, and swallows the latter, and the heat of the animal causes them to be speedily hatched in his stomach. The larvae secreting themselves between the folds of this organ, are there nou- rished, and grow with rapidity. They are soon converted into nymphae, or chrysalides, and are subsequently changed into flies as we have already remarked. Another object possessed of no less curiosity, though by no means unknown, is the male and female pipa, which we saw in this museum. The cabinet of the king at Paris also contains these pipse. The female presents on its back a kind of honey-comb, or rather a series of round per- forations, very contiguous to each other, and under differ- ent degrees of dilatation or contraction. During the period at which they lay their eggs, these openings are dilated, and, as this process is effected, the male pipa seizes the eggs with its anterior claw, and deposits them in the foramina, which are successively filled. The hatching takes place in them, and the young are there nourished until their metamorphosis; they are then finally discharged from this situation. These foramina are constantly filled with a mucilaginous substance, which undoubtedly serves for the nourishment of these curious animals. I will give, in another place, an account of some surgical diseases, observed by us in the hospitals of Berlin. Previously to my departure from this capital, I organized six divisions of flying ambulances, each one consisting of eight surgeons. The surgeons-major exercised their divi- sions daily, according to my instructions, in the perform- ance of operations, and in the application of bandages. The greatest degree of emulation, and the strictest discipline, were prevalent among all the surgeons. We left Berlin on the thirtieth of April, and reached Franckfort on the Oder, May the second. During our stay here, I employed myself in perfecting our aiiibulances, and causing improvements to be effected in the hospitals, which we found in a very bad state. Two remarkable monuments justly merit the admiration with which strangers behold them. One is the tomb of General Kleist; the other, situated on the right bank of the river, at a very short distance from the bridge, is a mauso-