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Three images relating to amputation; two showing amputation in the lower leg, and one showing the positions that those involved in an amputation at the shoulder should take. Figure 1 (in the bottom left) shows the left leg with a tourniquet in place to limit blood flow, bandages around the foot, and an incision above the ankle. This image is used by the author to explain how to make the first incision when amputating above the ankle, so that a flap can be left to fold around the stump of the wound. Figure 2 (bottom right) shows the leg after amputation at the calf. It shows the skin rolled back, the muscles and the bones cut across (the tibia A and the fibula B). It is used by the author to explain what angle the leg should be cut at, and the difficulties of separating the muscles from the bones. The final figure shows a patient sitting on a chair, surrounded by a surgeon and four assistants. Two of the figures are supporting the patient (one using a blanket wrapped around him), one is pressing down on the artery above the collar bone, and one is sat on the floor and supporting the arm to be amputated. The surgeon is stood to the left, wearing an apron and holding a knife. The chapter this is taken from gives instructions on carrying out different types of amputation, as well as general instruction on how to prepare the patient and the place of the operation, and how to treat the wound. The rest of the volume contains instruction and images for operations on hernia, trephining (trepanning), aneurism (or aneurysm) and lithotomy.
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