Transactions of the American Surgical Association, Vol. 25 (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Transactions of the American Surgical Association, Vol. 25In the height of his powers, no teacher was more brilliant or more attractive than Volkmann. He early discarded the spray. Ashe ¿ushed wounds every few minutes with a solution of carbolic acid, poured from a height of three or four feet from the spout Of a watering-pot, Similar to that used in watering ¿owers, he and his assistants stood in a pool of water and blood. It was, however, his success in treating compound fractures of the leg by this method which revolutionized surgery in Germany.Billroth's first successful resection of the pylorus astonished the world. TO have stood next to him in one Of the earliest of these operations is a memorable event. It is no wonder that a teacher at once so brilliant and SO genial should have endeared himself to all his pupils.The surgical clinics of Paris, the operators in full dress, with the wide expanse of shirt front, protected perhaps only by a napkin tucked in above the collar, comes back to one almost as a dream. The charcoal brazier, lighted and having in it the heated irons, still in not infrequent use, carries the mind back at one leap wellnigh to the days of Ambrose Paré.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.