Acupressure : a new method of arresting surgical hœmorrhage and of accelerating the healing of wounds / by James Y. Simpson.

  • Simpson, James Young, 1811-1870.
Date:
1864
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Credit: Acupressure : a new method of arresting surgical hœmorrhage and of accelerating the healing of wounds / by James Y. Simpson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    upon the operation, the acupressure apparatus should be left longer than usual, as the act of vomiting is sometimes attended by the recurrence of hsBmorrhage. (2.) Again, in any doubtful case, the appearance or feeling of the pulsation of the principal artery or arteries up to the very edge of the wound, should make us cautious in with- drawing the needles. Till more practical know- ledge is accumulated on the subject, it is at least better to err on the side of safety to the patient than to make too urgent efforts for complete pri- mary union. Possibly even the retention of the needles for sixty, seventy, or more hours, may not be found incompatible with primary adhesion in some cases and constitutions. IV. But perhaps, as I have often ventured to suggest, the time may come when, in minor opera- tions and amputations, the surgeon will wait six or twelve hours before closing the lips of his wound by metallic sutures, and be able to with- draw, before he does so, most, if not all, of the acupressure needles which he has employed. If so, he would be able to close the sides of his