LECTURE XXVIII.

Treatment of incised wounds of the intestine of small extent; when

larger; enlargement of the external wound when necessary. Intestine or

artery injured to be secured by suture; wound to be reopened. Bleeding

from the mesenteric or epigastric artery; effusion of blood into the

cavity; to be evacuated by enlarging the wound, when in quantity; if

the effusion be a small one, the blood will coagulate, and be absorbed;

suppuration in the abdomen a consequence of the non-absorption or

non-evacuation of blood effused to a large amount; illustrative cases;

treatment. Wounds of the intestines from musket-balls. Illustrative

cases of Captain Smith, Ensign Wright, Mathews, etc. Balls passed per

anum. Remarks. Cases of gunshot wounds of the abdomen occurring during

the Crimean campaign. pp. 508-525

Commentaries on the Surgery of the War in Portugal, Spain, France, and the Netherlands from the battle of Roliça, in 1808, to that of Waterloo, in 1815; with additions relating to those in the Crimea in 1854-55, showing the improvements made during and since that period in the great art and science of surgery on all the subjects to which they relate. · 第 36 / 129 题