Landmarks Medical and Surgical

Landmarks Medical and Surgical

These Landmarks have already appeared in Saint Bartholomews Hospital Reports. They are now republished, with some additions, in the hope that they may be useful to others besides those for whom they were originally intended. My object has been to collect into a compact form the leading landmarks which help practical surgeons in their daily work. Those relating to the chest and abdomen have been ascertained, with as much precision as natural variations permit, by needles introduced in various directions. I have to express my acknowledgments to Mr. Walsham and to Dr. Godson for their contributions. 65 Gower Street: March 1876. [Pg 1] CHIRURGUS MENTE PRIUS ET OCULIS AGAT QUAM MANU ARMATA. 1. In clinical teaching, we often have occasion to point out, on the surface of the living body, what may be called medical and surgical landmarks. By landmarks we mean surface-marks, such as lines, eminences, depressions, which are guides to, or indications of, deeper-seated parts. This practice is not only most useful but absolutely necessary; because many, even advanced students of anatomy, are not so ready as they ought to be in their recognition of parts when covered by skin. Students who may be familiar enough with bones, muscles, blood-vessels, or viscera in the dissected subject, are often sadly at fault when they come to put this knowledge into practice in the living. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

Product details

Ebook Number: 67734
Author: Holden, Luther
Release Date: Mar 29, 2022
Format: eBook
Language: English
Publisher: J. & A. Churchill
Publication Date: 1881
Publisher Country: United Kingdom

Contributors

Contributor (Author): Shuter, James, 1846-1883