Observations and remarks, respecting the more effectual means of preservation of wounded seamen and marines on board of His Majesty's ships, in time of action.

  • Remey, James.
Date:
[1780]
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Credit: Observations and remarks, respecting the more effectual means of preservation of wounded seamen and marines on board of His Majesty's ships, in time of action. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    tion*) that when'fcrewed up to the degree icrjuired,-the fmalleft accidental force applied to the extremity of the lever, will unferew it, and of courfe, flacken the ligature: wherefore a centinel is always required ; otherwife the patient, who is fuppofed to be removed apart, may bleed to death. As this objeftion appears to me to be well founded, and deferving of particular confideration, if each perfon, who has a tourniquet ap- pUed, fhall require a watchman, fuch tourniquets, had they all the merit of philofophical mechanifm befides, are of little ufe in time of a£iion ; becaufe, at this con- junfture, men cannot be fpared for fuch purpoi'es. It is alfo faid, it will unferew of itfelf, I have known this to be the cafe ; but here I apprehend, fufBeient at- tention had not been bellowed uix)n 'it’s formation by the workman. As to the contrivance of the con^lo-« merafed bandage and flick, it is liable to a variety of obje£lions. » However, to obviate all objedlions and complaints cf this nature, we have only to recur, to a tourniquet, whofe power is fufficient in all cafes; it’s motion equa- ble, quick, and to be regulated and remain fixed and immoveable at any degree. This we cannot obtain withont a corrtbinatibn of the mechanical powers ; and we cannot combine thefe powers in any machine, without an apparent inconvenience from weight and bulk; which, in praftice', will be found, 1 humbly conceive, * Some cohfufed heads have applied it with the buckle drawn up to the machine, and have conceived the buckle cufliion was ureantforthe bafe of the tourniquet to reft upon.