Peculiar phlegmonous inflammation. Erysipelatous inflammation;
internal treatment. Erysipelas phlegmonodes, or diffused inflammation
of the areolar tissue; treatment by incision; first case treated
in England by incision; caution with respect to the scrotum.
Mortification--distinction into idiopathic or constitutional and that
which is local; humid and dry; traumatic. Local mortification from
intense heat or cold; wind of a ball; electricity; search for these
cases after the battle of Waterloo; case of recovery after amputation;
appearances on dissection. Mortification from injury of the great
vessels; appearance of the skin. Patient dies when the mortification
passes the knee. Points of practice; amputation to be performed below
the knee. Wound being on the thigh, amputation not to be done above the
knee when the line of separation has formed below it. Wounds of the
axillary not so dangerous as wounds of the femoral. Wounds of nerves;
complete division of, followed by the loss of sensation, motion, and
the power of resisting cold and heat. Cases of Sir James Kempt, of
Sir Philip Broke, and Brigade-Major Bissett. Treatment; external and
internal remedies. pp. 39-51