vertebræ, i. 186; experiments to cause
the absorption of the pus, i. 188; treat-
ment of lumbar abscess, i. 189; supported
by Astley Cooper and Lawrence, i. 190;
on the symptoms of the inflammation
which sometimes supervenes after the ab-
scess has been opened, i. 191; paronychia
ungualis, i. 192; paronychia tendinosa, i.
193; paronychia osseosa, i. 194; on epiny-
chia, or ulceration, with great thickening
at the ends of the fingers, i. 194; on the
cure of epinychia, i. 198; case of wounded
meningeal artery, i. 301; on a costive state
of the system preceding tetanus, i. 378;
on the treatment of simple fracture of
the skull with depression, without the tre-
phine, i. 392; on puncturing the dura
mater, to evacuate the effused blood, i. 407;
only employs the trepan in injuries of the
head, when secondary symptoms of irrita-
tion and pressure require it, i. 412; on the
use of a broad-chest bandage in emphy-
sema, i.452; mode of treatment of wounded
joints, i. 490; commended by South, i.
490; on the question of immediate am-
putation in compound fractures, i. 518;
on symptomatic fever, i. 521; the bracket
splint, i. 523, 524; denies the possi-
bility of simple dislocation of the spine,
i. 534; on the operation of trepanning the
spine, i. 541; on pseudo-syphilis, i. 651;
on the means of distinguishing between
true and false syphilis, i. 651; on the oc-
casional spontaneous healing of chancre,
i. 655; on the effects produced by the
ligature on the arterial coats, ii. 219; on
the application of two ligatures, and the
division of the artery between them, ii.
222; case of ligature of the internal
carotid, on account of a wound, ii. 233;
case of ligature of the external iliac in
the groin. ii. 258; on the ligature of the
external iliac, ii. 261; on compression in
the treatment of teleangiectasy, ii. 282;
on passing the bougie in stricture of the
urethra, ii. 359; on the use of metallic
bougies, ii. 359; on hæmorrhage from the
urethra after passing the bougie, ii. 365;
on puncturing spina bifida ii. 468; on the
division of tumours, ii. 647; on fungus
hæmatodes, ii. 721; on the treatment of
traumatic phlebitis, ii. 863; on the com-
plete section of the nervous twig in
cases of wound of a nerve-branch in
bleeding, ii. 863; case of division of a
nerve wounded in blood-letting, ii. 887;
case of excision of part of the digital
nerve, ii. 887; mode of amputating at the
hip-joint, by the circular cut, ii. 934.
ABSCESS, i. 34, 36; formation of the walls
of, and the circumscription of the pus, i.
36; the walls are secreting and absorbing
surfaces, i. 36; metastatic abscesses, i. 36;
Travers on the lining membrane of an

abscess, i. 38; Hunter and Travers on the
circumstances which determine an abscess
to the surface, i. 38; cold or lymph ab-
scess i. 45; abscess of congestion, i. 45;
symptoms of cold abscess, i. 45; Mr.
South's case of cold abscess, i. 45; Dr.
Rigby on puerperal abscess, following
contagious or adynamic puerperal fever,
i. 47; when an abscess is ripe, it either
opens of itself, or it must be opened, i. 87;
small abscesses just beneath the skin, and
those in glandular structures should alone
be allowed to burst, i. 87; circumstances
under which the early opening of ab-
scesses is required, i. 87; circumstances
under which abscesses are opened late, i.
87; South recommends the early opening
of abscesses just beneath the skin, and in
glandular structures, i. 87; opening of ab-
scesses (oncotomia) effected by the knife,
escharotics, and the seton, i. 88; deep ab-
scesses with thick coverings should be
opened with the bistoury, i. 88; South's
condemnation of pressure and squeezing
an abscess, i. 88; mode in which es-
charotics are employed, i. 89; passing
a seton through an abscess, i. 89; open-
ing an abscess with a cutting instru-
ment generally preferable, i. 89; South
on opening an abscess, i. 89; treat-
ment of cold abscess, i. 90; various plans
for opening a cold abscess recommended
by Abernethy, Beinl, Walther, Schaack,
Rust, Nasse, Zang, and Callisen, i. 90;
in selecting his plan of operating, the
Surgeon must be guided by the difference
of constitution, by the more or less weak
state of the cellular walls, and by the size
of the swelling, i. 90; constitutional treat-
ment also required, i. 90; Kluge's plan of
treating lymph abscesses, i. 91; further
treatment after opening the abscess, i.
91; if there be deficiency of power in the
part, stimulants may be used, but moist
warm poultices are more effectual, i. 92;
tonics may be given internally, i. 92; if
the opening close too soon, the edges may
be drawn asunder, or separated with a
probe, i. 92; proud flesh repressed with
caustic, i. 92; formation of fistulous pas-
sages, i. 92; membrane of the fistula, first
pointed out by Hunter, since described by
Villermé, Laennec and Breschet, i. 92;
Hunter's description of it, i. 92: treat-
ment of the fistulous passage, i. 93; plans
of treatment recommended by Lang-
enbeck, H. Dewar, Cramer, Walther,
and others, i. 93; Langenbeck's recom-
mendation of the ligature, i. 93; atten-
tion to the general health requisite during
suppuration, i. 93; abscess of the tonsil,
i. 140; opening an abscess of the tonsils
with a guarded bistoury or the pharyngo-
tome, i. 141; treatment after the pus has

been evacuated, i. 141; in rare cases the
abscess becomes external under the jaw, i.
141; Allan Burns on the spontaneous
bursting of the abscess, i. 141; it is at-
tended with much danger, i. 142; details
of a case in which the trachea was deluged
with purulent matter, and death by suffo-
cation ensued, i. 142; Burns' advice in
such cases to tap the abscess with trocar
and canula, i. 142; in most cases of ton-
sillar abscess the action of emetics will
cause the rupture of the abscess; if not,
it must be opened, i. 142; Burns' and
South's directions for opening a tonsillar
abscess, i. 142; cases of fatal hæmorrhage
consecutive to opening a tonsillar abscess
mentioned by Portal, Allan Burns, Tyrrell,
and Brodie, i. 142; Lawrence's case of
alarming hæmorrhage from puncturing an
immature tonsillar abscess, i. 142; abscess
of the parotid gland sometimes of con-
siderable magnitude, i. 148; Evanson and
Maunsell on the suppuration of mumps, i.
149; treatment of mumps after an abscess
has formed, i. 150; abscess of the breast,
i 151; opening the abscess only advis-
able, when it is very deep, has proceeded
slowly, the pain is great, and the fever
high, i. 151; South's recommendation
that abscess of the breast be opened freely
and early, i. 151; advantages of the pro-
ceeding, i. 152; deep-seated abscesses in
the mammary gland, or between it and
the pectoral muscles, i. 153; to be opened
early, i. 153; fistulous passages to be laid
open throughout their whole length, i.
153: Astley Cooper on chronic abscess of
the breast, i. 153; South's case of chronic
abscess of the breast, operated on by mis-
take for scirrhus, i. 153; abscesses in the
labia or nymphæ, i. 160; Hunter and
Ricord on abscesses complicating gonor-
rhoea in the female, i. 160; suppuration
of the testicle to be feared, when the in-
flammation is severe, and the pain throb-
bing, i. 179; suppuration of the testicle
rare, when the swelling is sympathetic, i.
180; Astley Cooper on suppuration of
the testicle, i. 180; bursting of the abscess
sometimes followed by a fungous growth,
i. 180; treatment of suppuration and ab-
scess of the testicle, i. 181; South on the
treatment of fungus of the testicle, conse-
cutive to abscess, i. 181; seat of the in-
flammation in lumbar abscess, i. 185;
symptoms, i. 185; formation of the abscess,
i. 185; general symptoms of suppuration
not present if the abscess be not large, i.
185; Astley Cooper on the symptoms of
psoas abscess, i. 185; Pearson on the
symptoms preceding, and accompanying
the formation of the abscess, i. 186; causes,
i. 186; English Surgeons generally con-
sider disease of the vertebræ to be the

cause, i. 186; Pott on the diseased condi-
tion of the spine in this complaint, i. 186;
Astley Cooper on the origin of psoas or
lumbar abscess in inflammation of the
spine and intervertebral substance, i. 186;
Abernethy, Lawrence, and Dupuytren on
lumbar abscess, generally connected with
carious vertebræ, i. 186; South on the
origin of the disease from external vio-
lence, its origin then being in the spine, i.
187; South on the distinctive characters
of psoas abscess from femoral hernia, i.
187; John Pearson on the situation of the
external abscess, i. 187; Samuel Cooper's
notice of Ramsden's case of lumbar ab-
scess, i. 187; South on the insidious pro-
gress of the disease, i. 188; abortive treat-
ment of lumbar abscess, i. 188; opening
the abscess, i. 188; Dupuytren on the
changes that sometimes take place in the
abscess, i. 188; Astley Cooper remarks,
that the abscess must be allowed to take
its course, i. 188; this opinion controvert-
ed by South, i. 188; Cline and Aberne-
thy's experiments to cause absorption of
the pus, i. 188; South on issues in the
treatment of lumbar or psoas abscess, i.
188; difference of opinion as to the pro-
priety of waiting the self-evacuation of the
abscess, or of puncturing and emptying it,
either entirely or partially, i. 189; Deck-
ers, Benjamin Bell, and Crowther on tap-
ping the abscess with a trocar, i. 189;
Latta recommends the use of a seton in
addition, i. 189; this latter practice con-
demned by South, who prefers opening
the abscess with a lancet, i. 189; Aber-
nethy's plan of treatment, i. 189; Astley
Cooper and Lawrence support Aber-
nethy's views, i. 190; Kirkland advises
to let the abscess break of itself, i. 190;
John Pearson prefers making a small
aperture, and treating the ulcer in a
gentle manner, i. 190; Dupuytren leaves
the abscess to nature, i. 190; South's plan
of treatment, i. 190; treatment to be
pursued after the abscess is opened, i.
191; Pearson and Astley Cooper on the
treatment of the sinuous cavities result-
ing from the abscess, by injections, i.
191; Dupuytren recommends cauteriza-
tion, or weak injections of nitrate of
silver, or nitric acid, i. 191; treatment
of the abscess, if inflammation super-
vene after it has been opened. i. 191;
Abernethy on the symptoms of the super-
vening inflammation, i. 191; Pearson
mentions that the larger arteries some-
times ulcerate into the abscess, i. 191;
M'Dowell mentions a case in which
ulceration took place in a portion of the
ileum adhering to the cyst of the abscess,
i. 191; whitlow and its varieties, i. 192;
South's cases of abscesses external to the

joint, i. 210; Astley Cooper and Coulson
on the bursting of abscesses of the hip-
joint, i. 253; Mackenzie and Scott's cases
of abscesses of the hip-joint, i. 254; the
abscesses to be freely opened, i. 269;
Ford, Wend, van der Haar, Rust, Brodie,
and Jaeger, on the treatment of these
abscesses, i. 269; Sabatier and Ficher
advise their being opened with caustic,
i. 269; Larrey, with the red-hot trocar,
i. 269; Rust, with the actual cautery, i.
269; Rust advises passing a seton through
the joint, i. 269; Brodie and Jaeger re-
commend free incisions in opening these
abscesses, i. 269; Brodie and South on
the management of abscesses at the
hip, i. 269; subsequent treatment, i.
269; connection of Pott's disease with
lumbar and psoas abscess, i. 278; Brodie
on the disappearance of psoas abscess, and
its appearance elsewhere, i. 278; Brodie
on abscess connected with vertebral caries
in the neck, i. 284; treatment of abscess
resulting from a bruise, i. 334; abscess
of the brain, i. 399-see Wounds of the
Head; abscesses of the liver consequent
on injuries of the head, i. 427; Morère
and Duparcque on abscess of the womb,
i. 484; abscesses about the anus, i. 726;
treatment of abscesses in the neighbour-
hood of the rectum, i. 728; Brodie on
the treatment of large abscesses high up
by the side of the rectum, i. 729; Key
on abscess in the hernial sac after the
operation for strangulated hernia, ii.
42-49; abscesses by the side of the rec-
tum, from the irritation of foreign bodies,
ii. 393; abscess of the prostate, ii. 419;
abscesses about the neck of the bladder,
after the operation of lithotomy, ii. 611.
Acarus scabiei, i. 635.
Acephalocysts, ii. 704.

ACHILLIS TENDON, DIVISION OF, i. 491;
tearing of the tendon, i. 491; causes and
symptoms, i. 491; laceration of the
sheath of the tendon, i. 492; John
Hunter on rupture of the tendo Achillis,
i. 492; mode of union of the rup-
tured tendon, i. 492; treatment, i. 492;
John Hunter on the treatment of the
ruptured tendon, i. 492; various bandages
for the cure of the rupture, i. 493; the
bandages proposed by Gooch, Petit,
Schneider, Desault, and Wardenburg,
493; Edmonston's plan of treatment, i.
494; the slippers of Petit, Ravaton,
Monro, and Graëfe, i. 494; objections to
bandaging, i. 494; after-treatment, i. 494.
Acromion, Fracture of, i. 548.

ADAMS, Dr., on the acarus scabiei, i. 636.
ADAMS', Mr., case of longitudinal dis-
location of the radius, i. 791; case of
hydrocephalocele treated by puncture, ii.

102.

ADAMS, Mr. WILLIAM, post mortem appear-
ances in a case of hip-disease, i. 262.
ADDISON'S, Mr., artificial leg, ii. 846.
AETIUS on aneurism, ii. 197.
AKOLUTHUS' case of extirpation of the up-
per jaw, the first on record, ii. 994.
ALANSON's, Mr., mode of amputation by
the circular incision, ii. 890; on amputa-
tion just above the ancle, ii. 921; mode
of amputating at the shoulder-joint with
the circular cut, ii. 958.
ALBAN'S, M., apparatus for fracture of the
neck of the femur, i. 569.
ALCOCK, Mr., on the removal of the edges
of the cleft in staphyloraphy, i. 604;
mode of operating in staphyloraphy, i. 605.
ALCOCK, Mr. RUTHERFORD, on the differ-
ence of the shock to the constitution in
severe injuries of the extremities, when
occurring in civil life and on the field
of battle, ii. 967.

ALIBERT'S, M., division of boils into four
kinds, i. 132; dispute with Lugol respect-
ing the acarus scabiei, i. 636; on the
varieties of cancer, ii. 761.

ALISON, Dr., on the symptoms of inflam-
mation, i. 24.

ALLAN, Mr., on the effects of the scorpion
sting, i. 351; on compression in the treat-
ment of aneurism, ii. 213; on the seat of
stricture in the rectum, ii. 336; case of
retention of the urine in the ureter, ii. 410.
ALLIOT, M., on urethroplasty, i. 742.
ALOUETTE'S, M. L'., mode of amputating
at the hip-joint, by the flap cut with a
single flap, ii. 936.

AMESBURY'S, Mr., fracture-apparatus, i.
512; apparatus for fractured clavicle, i.
551; apparatus for fracture of the ole-
cranon, i. 560; fracture-bed, i. 571; on the
formation of a false joint, with a fibro-
ligamentous capsule, and a lining mem-
brane, i. 588; on the causes of the non-
union of fractured bones, i. 588.

AMMON, M. VON, on the causes of congeni-
tal dislocation, i. 769.
AMPUTATION; the circumstances in gun-
shot wounds requiring amputation on the
spot, i. 343; Hennen on the nature of
the injuries in gun-shot wounds re-
quiring amputation, i. 344; amputation
under the circumstances mentioned should
be performed early, i. 344; Wiseman,
Le Dran, and Ranby on immediate
amputation, i. 345; Faure on the pro-
priety of delaying the operation, i. 345;
Bilguer's objections to amputation alto-
gether, i. 345; Hunter's objections to pri-
mary amputation, i. 345; Hennen, Pit-
cairn, Gunning, and Guthrie on im-
mediate amputation, i. 346; Guthrie's
reasons for an early performance of the
operation, i. 347; symptoms which may
require the performance of amputation

at a time more or less posterior to the
date of the injury, i. 347; conditions
under which amputation may be neces-
sary in fractures, i. 517; Astley Cooper
and Abernethy on the question of im-
mediate amputation, i. 518; South on
the principal points to be considered in
determining on the necessity for imme-
diate amputation, i. 519; amputation
must not be performed during the con-
tinuance of symptomatic fever, i. 522;
Hunter on the removal of the injured
limb during the continuance of hectic,
i. 522; South on the objects and occa-
sional results of immediate amputation,
i. 523; cases in which amputation is in-
dicated in necrosis, i. 698; the question
as to the necessity of amputation in
dislocations accompanied with tearing
of the soft parts covering the joint, and
thrusting out of the head of the bone,
i. 768; in compound dislocations of the
knee, i. 806; of the ancle-joint, i. 809,
of the toes, i. 814; amputation requisite
when mortification ensues after the liga-
ture of the principal artery, ii. 226; is
rarely successful, ii. 226; the question of
amputation in aneurism of bones, ii. 279;
amputation requisite in exostosis, when its
size does not permit its removal, ii. 676 ; in
osteosteatoma, and in osteosarcoma, am-
putation should, if possible, be performed
above the next joint, ii. 678; amputation
requisite in some cases of spina ventosa,
ii. 680; amputation of the breast, ii.
798; of the penis, ii. 801; amputations
of the limbs, ii. 887; amputations divided
into those which are performed in the
continuity of limbs and those at joints,
ii. 888; points to be considered in per-
forming amputations, ii. 888; precautions
against hæmorrhage, ii. 889; inconve-
niences of the application of the tour-
niquet, ii. 889; compression of the prin
cipal artery by a capable assistant prefer-
able, ii. 889; Brünninghausen's recommen-
dation to swathe the limb in flannel,
to diminish the loss of blood, ii. 889;
South on the relative value of the
tourniquet, and of compression of the
principal artery by a capable assistant
in amputation, ii. 889; formation of such
wound that the bone can be properly
covered by soft parts, ii. 890; by the cir-
cular incision, ii. 890; the Celsian ope-
ration, ii. 890; objections to this opera-
tion, ii. 890; Petit, Mynors, Brünning-
hausen, Louis, Alanson, Gooch, Bell,
Desault, Richter, Boyer, Graefe, Dupuy-
tren, Wilhelm, Valentin, and Portal's
modes of operating, ii. 890; flap amputa-
tions, ii. 891; Pott, Siebold, and Schreiner's
operations, ii. 892; Langenbeck and Scout-
etten's operations for disarticulations, ii.

892; the oblique cut of Sedillot and
Baudens, ii. 892; the sloping cut of
Blasius, ii. 892; retraction of the divided
muscles and sawing of the bone, ii. 893;
scraping off the periosteum superfluous, ii.
893; Walther and Brünninghausen's ma-
nagement of the periosteum, ii. 893;
South on the retraction of the divided
muscles by the hand, ii. 893; South and
Liston on the use of the saw, ii. 893;
South on the duties of the assistant,
when the bone is being sawn through,
ii. 894; ligature of the divided vessels,
ii. 894; historical sketch of the treat-
ment of hæmorrhage after amputation,
ii. 894; South on venous hæmorrhage,
and the ligature of the veins after amputa-
tion, ii. 894; subsequent dressing of the
wound, ii. 895; leaving the wound open
for some hours after the operation, to
guard against after-bleeding, ii. 895;
Dupuytren's practice, ii. 895; South on
the exposure of the stump, ii. 895; mode
of dressing to promote quick union, ii.
895; South on the bringing the edges of
the wound together in the horizontal
direction, ii. 896; South on the applica-
tion of the plaster straps after amputation,
ii. 896; use of cradles after amputation, ii.
897; South on the use of cradles, and of
a substitute for them, after amputation, ii.
897; dressing after flap-amputations, ii.
897; South on the use of sutures after
flap-amputations, ii. 897; dressing of the
stump, when intended to heal by sup-
puration and granulation, ii. 897; South's
objections to the practice, ii. 897; accidents
which may ensue after amputation, ii. 897;
renewal of the dressing under ordinary cir-
cumstances, ii. 897; mode of changing the
dressings, ii. 898; withdrawal of the liga-
ture, ii. 898; general treatment after ampu-
tation, ii. 898; Benedict's stimulant treat-
ment of stumps, ii. 898; South on the
treatment of ligatures after amputation,
ii. 898; after-bleeding, and its treatment,
ii. 898; ligature of the principal arterial
trunk for consecutive hæmorrhage, ii.
898; causes and treatment of parenchy-
matous bleeding, ii. 899; treatment of con-
secutive hæmorrhage, from ossification or
cartilaginous thickening of the arteries,
ii. 899; South on the treatment of after-
bleeding, ii. 899; South on the impro-
priety of tying the main arterial trunk
for consecutive hæmorrhage after ampu-
tation, ii. 899; South on the use of the
actual cautery in after-bleeding, ii. 899;
violent inflammation of the stump, and its
treatment, ii. 899; erythetic condition of
the stump, ii. 899; inflammation of the
arteries or veins, a not infrequent cause of
death after amputation, ii. 900; symptoms
and treatment, ii. 900; insufficient degree

of inflammation, or torpid condition of the
stump, ii. 900; treatment of sloughing, ii.
900; of too copious suppuration, ii. 900;
causes and treatment of protrusion of the
bone, ii. 900; South on the causes and
treatment of protrusion of the bone, ii. 901;
necrosis of the bone, ii. 901; South on the
exfoliation of bone after amputation, ii.
901; ulceration of the bone or soft parts,
ii. 901; South on the fungous growth
from the medullary cavity, ii. 901; the
relative value of the several modes of
proceeding in amputation of the limbs in
their continuity, ii. 901; objections to
the flap-operation, ii. 902; cases in which
the flap-operation is suitable, ii. 902;
Liston's preference of the flap-operation,
and objections to the circular operation,
ii. 902; South and Fergusson on the rela-
tive value of the flap and circular opera-
tions, ii. 903; Fergusson on amputation
through the calf of the leg and at the
shoulder-joint, ii. 903; South's objections
to flap-operations on the leg, ii. 903;
the propriety of quick union of stumps,
or of the cure by suppuration and granu-
lation, ii. 904; Dupuytren's mode of
dressing stumps, ii. 904; South on the
union of an amputation-wound, ii. 904;
results of amputation, ii. 905; Phillips,
Lawrie, Potter, and South on the results
of amputation, ii. 905. Amputation in
the continuity of the several limbs :-am-
putation through the thigh, ii. 906; pre-
paratory steps of the operation, ii. 906;
compression of the artery, ii. 906; South
on the position of the limb, ii. 906;
South on the position and duties of the
assistants, ii. 906; the circular operation,
ii. 907; division and retraction of the
skin and cellular tissue, ii. 907; South
on the circular cut and vertical division
of the skin laterally, ii. 907; section of
the muscles, ii. 907; of the periosteum,
ii. 907; sawing the bone, ii. 907; cutting
through the muscles on the outside of the
thigh, ii. 907; South on the mode of
using the knife in amputating, ii. 908;
South on the retraction of the soft parts
with the hand, while sawing through the
bone, ii. 908; bandaging and dressing the
wound, ii. 908; South on bandaging and
dressing the wound, ii. 908; amputation
through the thigh, with two flaps, ii. 908;
mode of operating, ii. 908; Langenbeck's
mode of amputating, ii. 908; Liston's mode
of amputating the thigh, by the flap-opera-
tion, ii. 909; preferred by Syme and
Fergusson, ii. 909; Fergusson and South's
reasons why the hind flap should be
longer than the front, ii. 909; amputation
through the thigh, with a single flap, ii.
909; Benedict, Textor, and Jaeger's plan
of amputating, with a flap from the outer

side, ii. 909; Zang and Textor's plan, with
a flap from the inner side, ii. 909; Hey's
mode, with the flap from behind, ii. 909;
B. Bell, Le Gras, and Foulliay's plan,
with a flap from before, ii. 909; mode of
operating, ii. 909; Dr. Little's case of
amputation, with a flap from behind, ii.
909; Fergusson's recommendation to ex-
cise a considerable portion of the sciatic
nerve, in that operation, ii. 909; Syme's
objections to amputation through the shaft
of the thigh-bone, and recommendation
to amputate through the condyles or tro-
chanters, ii. 910; commented on by
South, ii. 910; Liston's account of
eighteen amputations through the thigh,
ii. 910; report of twenty-eight amputa-
tions through the thigh, ii. 911; Syme
and South on the formation of conical
stumps, ii. 914; Syme on amputation
through the epiphyses, ii. 915; amputa-
tion through the leg, ii. 915; directions
for the operation, ii. 916; application of
the tourniquet, ii. 916; South on the
application of the tourniquet, ii. 916;
modes of operating in amputation with
the circular cut, ii. 916; amputation
through the leg in its lower third, ii. 917;
Salemi, Lenoir, and Baudens' modes of
operating, ii. 917; disjointing the head of
the fibula, ii. 917; Larrey's amputation
through the head of the tibia, ii. 917;
South on the seat of amputation through
the leg, ii. 917; ligature of the vessels,
ii. 918; after-dressing, ii. 918; South
on the ligature of the retracted anterior
tibial artery, in amputation high up
through the leg, ii. 918; South on the
treatment of hæmorrhage from the nutri-
tious artery of the tibia, ii. 918; South on
the bringing the edges of the wound to-
gether horizontally, ii. 918; South on
the causes of subsequent sloaghing of the
integuments, ii. 918; amputation through
the leg with a single flap, ii. 919; mode
of operating, ii. 919; South's objections
to flap operations on the leg, ii. 919; am-
putation through the leg with two flaps,
ii. 919; mode of operating, ii. 920; Lis-
ton and Fergusson's mode of operating,
ii. 920; amputation just above the ancle,
ii. 921; Solingen, Dionis, White, Brom-
field, Wright, Alanson, and Hey on this
operation, ii. 921; Lawrence and South's
cases, ii. 922; Liston's statistics of ampu-
tation through the leg, ii. 922; Lawrie's
objection to amputation below the knee,
ii. 922; South's tabular report of ampu-
tations through the leg, ii. 922; ampu-
tation through the upper arm, ii. 924;
steps preliminary to the operation, ii. 924 ;
Liston's statistics of the operation, ii.
925; South on the propriety of having a
long stump if possible, ii. 925; South's