Author:

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-05-24

Total Pages: 88

ISBN-13: 9780282046309

Excerpt from North Carolina Medical Journal, Vol. 31: A Monthly Journal of Medicine and Surgery; May, 1893 Statistics show that in the majority of cases hemorrhage was the cause of the great mortality which attends this ope ration during the first five days, including at least 70 per cent. Of the total mortal ity. Volkmann has called attention to the profuse parenchymatous oozing which frequently attends this operation, and which has done so much towards adding to its great mortality. Enough has been said to show the necessity of taking special precautions in performing this operation to prevent by appropriate measures the loss of blood. The femoral artery is not the only source of dangerous hemorrhage. It may come from the profunda femoris, which may have a high origin, from the obturator, ischiatic or circumflex, the femoral vein, occasionally quite severe, and Volkmann has reported one case in which two pints of blood were lost by the parenchymatous bleeding, which is often quite severe. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.