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Title: A general system of surgery in three parts : Containing the doctrine and management, I. Of wounds, fractures, luxations, tumours, and ulcers, of all kinds. II. Of the several operations performed on all parts of the body. III. Of the several bandages applied in all operations and disorders. The whole illustrated with thirty eight copper-plates, exhibiting all the operations, instruments, bandages, and improvements, according to the modern and most approved practice : to which is prefixed an introduction concerning the nature, origin, progress, and improvements of surgery : with such other preliminaries as are necessary to be known by the younger surgeons. Being a work of thirty years experience
Year: 1743 (1740s)
Authors: Heister, Lorenz, 1683-1758 Mynde, J
Subjects: Surgery, Operative Surgical instruments and apparatus Bandages and bandaging Surgery General Surgery Bandages
Publisher: London : Printed for W. Innys at the West-End os St. Paul's ... (and four others)
Contributing Library: Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine
Digitizing Sponsor: Open Knowledge Commons and Harvard Medical School

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Form of a Heart like that of the common one in Tab.XXVII. or elfe flat and folid, as that of Mr. Cheselden in Fig. 6. Tab.XXXI. or with a Ring like that of M. Le Dr a n in Fig. ij. aaof this Table. Fig. 3. Reprefents the Beak or grooved Part of Raws Catheter, in which maybe feen its thin, but fmooth and obtufe Sides marked a a. betwixt which isthe large Groove marked bb. C is the Termination of the Groove, in afmooth and obtufe Point, Fig. 4. Is a tranfverfe Seftion of the grooved Part of this Catheter, to fliew itsForm and Depth, that the Knife may not ealily flip out of it. Fig. 5. Exhibits the grooved Catheter of Mr. Cheselden, which is more flen-der, and lefs crooked than that of Raws and the common ones : a a denotesthe Edge of its Handle in the Shape of aH^^art : bb the Body of itin a refti-hnear Form : cc the Curve and grooved Part: d the Beak of the Inftrument,which has little or no Incurvation. Douglas calls it the Rollrum or Beak,which is ftrair. Fig. /o/j/./..iSi. Tab. xxa
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^^•^y^ Part II. Explanation of the Th irty-fIrst Plate. Fig. 6. Reprefents the flat Side of the Handle (a) of this Catheter, with Part ofits Groove ( c c ) and its whole Body (^If) . Fig. 7. Denotes the ftrait Beak of the Groove in Mr. Cheseldens Catheter,whofe Sides (marked aa) are fmooth and obtnfe like Raws ; but its Endb is left open, and not made rounding or clofed, as in the other Catheters.But I am not fenfible of any Advantage that attends this particular Make, . nor does its Author mention any. Fig. 8. Is the Incifion-knife of Mr. Cheselden, which he ufes in cutting forthe Stone ; whofe Blade is fixed to the Handle a a, and its Point diredly in themiddle. Fig. 9. Shews the concave Part of Mr. Cheseldens Conduftor BB. havingits Handle A A inclined to the left Side, for the more commodious Intro-duftion of the Forceps through it into the Bladder ; C the Extremity of itsBeak terminating in a flat Point, (hewn fide-ways in Fig. 10, and in Fig. 11.its Handle is reprefented fepar

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