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NEW TOURNIQUETS.
570 between the two pieces of tubing as they pass over the pad, so as to keep them apart, would add to the safety and utility of the instrument. The other tourniquet is by Mr. M’Clure, and seems, as already hinted, to be a cheap and simple modification of Petit’s instrument. The materials in both are similar, but Mr. M’Clure has substituted for the handle in Petit’s tour. niquet a large wheel, within which the strongscrew works.
appearance of the mouth very fairly. We should certainly be inclined to try this method of operating in suitable cases.
Cwnr La Circulation dn Sang,’ cles M01lvcmcnts Animaeux. Traduction Franeaise. chez L’Homme chez Par CHARLES RICI-IET. Paris : G. Masson. 1879.
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ENGLISHMEN ought to be grateful to M. Richet for being the first to render into his native language the masterpiece of Harvey. It is strange that two centuries and a half have been allowed to elapse before our neighbours should have thought it necessary to have Harvey’s writings in a more accessible form than the original Latin version. We congratulate M. Richet on his praiseworthy and successful effort, the value of which is considerably enhanced by the introductory chapter, in which he reviews the theories of the circulation among the ancients and the immediate predecessors of Harvey. He shows how the work of Fabricius, Servetus, and Caesalpinus had raised the perception of the truth, but it was Harvey, and he alone, who demonstrated it by experiment and formularised a theory which had already been floating in the minds of a few learned men. M. Richet further concisely sums up the directions in which knowledge upon the subject has been advanced since Harvey’s day, and he has added to the value of his book by appending some notes upon the mechanism of the circulation interpreted by the light of modern physiology. Altogether the book is worthy of as wide a perusal in England as we hope it may gain in France.
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The instruments are applied in a similar way, but in the hard wooden pad is attached to the screw, andis powerfully acted upon by a very small action of the wheel. We must, however, point out that in the specimen sub. mitted to us the webbing is too narrow and the pad too to rolling of the pad on small, thereby involving any movement of the limb to which the instrument may be applied. new one a
a liability
TOURNIQUETS. PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE SOCIETY OF ARTS.
’VE have probably to thank the Ambulance movement for much of the ingenuity that has lately been exhibited in inventing simple apparatus for encountering surgical emergencies. Among the latest results of the movement are two new tourniquets, one on the plan of the india-rubber band, and the other a modification of Petit’s well-known instrument. The india-rubber tourniquet is the invention of Dr. Ward Cousins of Southsea, and is of very simple mechanism and construction. It consists of a movable pad, strong elastic tubing, and a special buckle, and it can be very rapidly adjusted to a limb so as to completely control the circulation. The buckle can also be easily opened and shut, and the
tubing tightened or relaxed with OIIG hand. The tourniquet, at once simple and powerful, is suitable to all surgical operations in which such an instrument is required. It will be found particularly serviceable to
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IN consequence of the general election, it has been con. sidered advisable to fix the date for the Conference on this subject-which has been held annually by the Society of Arts since 1876-somewhat later than was originally in. tended, or than has been the case in former years. It will, therefore, be held in the beginning of June. As at the previous Conferences, the Right Hon. James Stansfeld, M.P., late President of the Local Government Board, will be in the chair. A programme of subjects for discussion has been drawn up by the Executive Committee, and will be submitted to the Conference. The following are the subjects included:1. The development of Local Government administration, by the constitution of County Boards. 2. The especially extension of the powers of the local authorities of urban and rural sanitary districts. Amendments in the Public Health Act. 3. Sanitary inspection and classification of dwellings. 4. Amendments in the Rivers Pollution Pre. vention Act. 5. The advisability of strengthening the ad. ministrative organisation of the Local Government Board. Local Government Board Administration Areas. 6. Further suggestions by sanitary authorities. It is announced that the detailed programme will be issued shortly, and that copies can be obtained, when ready, from the Secretary of the Society of Arts, by any person who applies. The programme will also be issued to sanitary authorities throughout the kingdom. It is not proposed to make any attempt to procure papers which may be read and discussed; but the Committee state that they will be glad to receive any communications containing fresh information, or giving accounts of progress made since the last Conference. Such communications, if approved by the Committee, will be printed and circulated at the Conference, but it is probable that time will not admit of any discussion being taken upon them.
surgeons in the country, who are liable to be called upon to’ operate with very limited assistance. In amputating a limb for example, the tourniquet can be opened with the STEVEENS’S HOSPITAL, DUBLIN.-At the terminaleft hand, and a bleeding vessel seized with the forceps by the right; it can then be instantly closed again, and the tion of the Winter Session, ] 879-80, the following honours vessel secured by torsion or ligature. In many accidents! were awarded :—Gold Medals : Senior Class, William J. attended with bleeding it will be generally useful, inasmuchl Trotter ; Middle Class, William J. Cuthbert; Junior Class, as it may be applied efficiently even by unskilled persons. Glascott H. Symes. Honorary Certificates : Messrs. BlackWe would suggest that a stitch or button in the leatherr ham, Carroll, Clarke, Cruise, Smith, and Wells.
appearance of the mouth very fairly. We should certainly be inclined to try this method of operating in suitable cases.
Cwnr La Circulation dn Sang,’ cles M01lvcmcnts Animaeux. Traduction Franeaise. chez L’Homme chez Par CHARLES RICI-IET. Paris : G. Masson. 1879.
Harvey.-
du
et
les
>
ENGLISHMEN ought to be grateful to M. Richet for being the first to render into his native language the masterpiece of Harvey. It is strange that two centuries and a half have been allowed to elapse before our neighbours should have thought it necessary to have Harvey’s writings in a more accessible form than the original Latin version. We congratulate M. Richet on his praiseworthy and successful effort, the value of which is considerably enhanced by the introductory chapter, in which he reviews the theories of the circulation among the ancients and the immediate predecessors of Harvey. He shows how the work of Fabricius, Servetus, and Caesalpinus had raised the perception of the truth, but it was Harvey, and he alone, who demonstrated it by experiment and formularised a theory which had already been floating in the minds of a few learned men. M. Richet further concisely sums up the directions in which knowledge upon the subject has been advanced since Harvey’s day, and he has added to the value of his book by appending some notes upon the mechanism of the circulation interpreted by the light of modern physiology. Altogether the book is worthy of as wide a perusal in England as we hope it may gain in France.
NEW
The instruments are applied in a similar way, but in the hard wooden pad is attached to the screw, andis powerfully acted upon by a very small action of the wheel. We must, however, point out that in the specimen sub. mitted to us the webbing is too narrow and the pad too to rolling of the pad on small, thereby involving any movement of the limb to which the instrument may be applied. new one a
a liability
TOURNIQUETS. PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE SOCIETY OF ARTS.
’VE have probably to thank the Ambulance movement for much of the ingenuity that has lately been exhibited in inventing simple apparatus for encountering surgical emergencies. Among the latest results of the movement are two new tourniquets, one on the plan of the india-rubber band, and the other a modification of Petit’s well-known instrument. The india-rubber tourniquet is the invention of Dr. Ward Cousins of Southsea, and is of very simple mechanism and construction. It consists of a movable pad, strong elastic tubing, and a special buckle, and it can be very rapidly adjusted to a limb so as to completely control the circulation. The buckle can also be easily opened and shut, and the
tubing tightened or relaxed with OIIG hand. The tourniquet, at once simple and powerful, is suitable to all surgical operations in which such an instrument is required. It will be found particularly serviceable to
rubber
’
IN consequence of the general election, it has been con. sidered advisable to fix the date for the Conference on this subject-which has been held annually by the Society of Arts since 1876-somewhat later than was originally in. tended, or than has been the case in former years. It will, therefore, be held in the beginning of June. As at the previous Conferences, the Right Hon. James Stansfeld, M.P., late President of the Local Government Board, will be in the chair. A programme of subjects for discussion has been drawn up by the Executive Committee, and will be submitted to the Conference. The following are the subjects included:1. The development of Local Government administration, by the constitution of County Boards. 2. The especially extension of the powers of the local authorities of urban and rural sanitary districts. Amendments in the Public Health Act. 3. Sanitary inspection and classification of dwellings. 4. Amendments in the Rivers Pollution Pre. vention Act. 5. The advisability of strengthening the ad. ministrative organisation of the Local Government Board. Local Government Board Administration Areas. 6. Further suggestions by sanitary authorities. It is announced that the detailed programme will be issued shortly, and that copies can be obtained, when ready, from the Secretary of the Society of Arts, by any person who applies. The programme will also be issued to sanitary authorities throughout the kingdom. It is not proposed to make any attempt to procure papers which may be read and discussed; but the Committee state that they will be glad to receive any communications containing fresh information, or giving accounts of progress made since the last Conference. Such communications, if approved by the Committee, will be printed and circulated at the Conference, but it is probable that time will not admit of any discussion being taken upon them.
surgeons in the country, who are liable to be called upon to’ operate with very limited assistance. In amputating a limb for example, the tourniquet can be opened with the STEVEENS’S HOSPITAL, DUBLIN.-At the terminaleft hand, and a bleeding vessel seized with the forceps by the right; it can then be instantly closed again, and the tion of the Winter Session, ] 879-80, the following honours vessel secured by torsion or ligature. In many accidents! were awarded :—Gold Medals : Senior Class, William J. attended with bleeding it will be generally useful, inasmuchl Trotter ; Middle Class, William J. Cuthbert; Junior Class, as it may be applied efficiently even by unskilled persons. Glascott H. Symes. Honorary Certificates : Messrs. BlackWe would suggest that a stitch or button in the leatherr ham, Carroll, Clarke, Cruise, Smith, and Wells.