_Fig. 1._ A common bleeding lancet. A. The blade; which, when it is
wiped after bleeding, should always be laid upon the handle B. and
wiped but one way, to save the point.
_Fig. 2._ An incision lancet. A. The point of the blade, which ought to
incline one way most, in order to make it the better fit for opening
of aposthumes.
_Fig. 3._ A bistoury for opening of sores, &c. in general use. A. The
blade. B. The handle in which the blade folds.
_Fig. 4._ A pair of strong scissars.
_Fig. 5._ A spatula. A. The part for spreading of plaisters. B. The part
for pressing down the tongue; for which reason it is made full of
holes that it may the better press down the tongue.
_Fig. 6._ A probe. A. the probe. B. A triangular point on which lint may
be wrapped to wipe the sore with, as it is easy taken off again.
_Fig. 7._ A arm tied up for bleeding, with the three veins as they
generally appear when swelled up.
_Fig. 8._ A vein of a kind of three orifices. A. Is a longitudinal
orifice, which will not let the blood run freely. B. Transverse; in
making such orifice the vein is apt to be divided; besides it is not
very easily stopped, and will not admit of an orifice large enough to
let the blood run out with freedom. C. An oblique opening, the medium
between the two former; and always the best orifice.
_Fig. 9._ A key-tooth instrument. A. The handle, made of ivory. B. The
comb of the instrument, which should be wrapped round with a little
rag, and is that part which rests against the jaw bone. C. The hook
which is brought over the tooth. D. The screw at the end of the key,
by which the hook is shifted as occasion requires. E. The screw by
which the handle is fixed to the instrument.
_Fig. 10._ Common splints used for fractures; these splints are made of
thin boards of pine or cedar, glewed on to leather, and then ridged
so, that they may easily bend and suit to the limb which they are
applied to.
_Fig. 11._ A single headed rowler, or bandage, this bandage is generally
used for a fractured arm or leg.
_Fig. 12._ A double-headed rowler, generally for dislocations.
_Fig. 13._ A many-tailed bandage. A. The back part slip, that keeps the
bandage together. B. The stitches coming thro’ the bandage. C. The
slips of the bandage. D. The part next the ancle, from whence the
parts upwards have a gradual increase.
_Fig. 14._ Mr. Sharp’s invented splints, made of paste-board. A. The
external splint. B. The leather straps. C. The strap, that comes under
the foot. E. The internal splint. F. The loop through which the strap
that comes under the foot is put. G. Small iron buttons, on which the
straps are fastened.
_Fig. 15._ A leg with the many-tailed bandages. A. The slips laid over
each other. B. The under slip that secures the whole. C. A slip that
secures the bandage to the foot.
_Fig. 16._ A leg dressed with the splints. A. The bandage. B. The
splint. C. The tie knots of the tape that secure the splint to the
leg.
_Fig. 17._ The inner view of a leg with Mr. Sharp’s splints.
_Fig. 18._ The external view of the same. These two are copied from Mr.
Sharp’s pamphlet.
_Fig. 19._ A clyster syringe. A. the syringe made of pewter. B. A pipe
made in such manner, as to enable a man to administer a clyster to
himself. C. A common clyster pipe, that occasionally may be screwed on
to the syringe.
_Fig. 20._ A clyster pipe and bladder. A. The bladder. B. The pipe. C.
The manner of fixing the bladder to the pipe. D. The tying of the
bladder when it is filled, with a slip knot; which is handier than the
customary way of the cork.
_Fig. 21._ The manner of closing a wound with plaisters, called the dry
_suture_.
_Fig. 22._ A common syringe made of ivory.
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● Transcriber’s Notes:
○ In Lecture VI, Sect. VI. has been corrected to Sect. V. to match
the table of contents.
○ In SECT. VI. on page 118 there is a reference to the authors
description of the skin in Lect. I., Sect. VII. The discussion of
the skin is actually in Lect. I., Sect. IX. on page 40.
○ There are two SECT. VIII. in LECTURE I. They have been left with
geh duplicate number.
○ The “recipes” for various medicines are numbered somewhat
sequentially with Roman numerals across all Lessons and Sections.
However there are “recipes” with duplicate numbers (XXII appears
three times in Section V of Lect. IV.) and some recipe numbers are
missing altogether.
○ Missing or obscured punctuation was silently corrected.
○ Typographical errors were silently corrected.
○ Inconsistent spelling and hyphenation were made consistent only
when a predominant form was found in this book.
○ Text that was in italics is enclosed by underscores (_italics_).