HEMORRHAGE. 
ee 
‘and of this accident, and of 
he itump was pyram 
Principles of Surgery, ee: i. 
252. 
“After thefe obfervations it becomes fuperfluous to enjoin 
furgeons not to revive the ufe of the potential cautery for 
the iLoppage of hermorrhages. It is not to be trufted to for 
this purpoie, and its application is inevitably attended with 
the produétion of a great deal of mifchief. Cauttics, if pof- 
fible, are even worfe than the actual cautery ; for their action 
is more tedious, lefs effe€tual, and lefs under the pa 
of the fur rgeon. The vitriol is diffolved in the woun 
the irritating mixture then flows about and does intalaulable 
injury to all the neighbouring parts without diftinétion. 
_. Styptics and vt he poe —Styptics 
have the property of producing a contraction of the veffels ; 
and, as fome fuppofe, coagulation of the blood. Such are 
cold air, cold water, wine, brandy, {pirits in general, 
diluted mineral acids, folutions ne ae. blue vitriol, &c. 
Thefe fabitances do, indeed, poffe {fs the power of Roppin g 
fome hemorrhages from {mall etl in which cafes, how- 
ever, they are generally unn In bleedings from 
rge arteries, no present nak puts the Jeaft reliance 
othe a fome 
e method of ap lying ftyptic lotions is to. di 
lint in them, and Py sik ss bleeding furface. : 
Hosa is oes employed at the. fame time. 
dair has a ftyptic property, we have the reels un- 
. 
are fubftances, which the 
Pom: 
fecrets of empiries have been the eae inventions of old 
Bs java We have never heard of any ftyptic which has 
roved in the end to be a folution of vitriol, or a {piri- 
ae folution” of fome aftringent cag vat om € €X- 
pected from the random inven of ignorant people, 
whofe fole trade i is that of cheethise te public, pee whofe 
only fkill hg that of contriving and managing the deceit 2 
From the of Rewbell, to the celebrated Rufpini, we 
have fond ifappointment following quick after aes fit o 
attracted by t 
ave no te 
hinsbelf ne the splistion; ; y Be, the ce ee bled to 
nds } 
death under his hat 
Mr. the Bell inforins us, that he has feen the lateft of 
fe inventions, Roy's Vs ftyptic, tried in this place, 
fy =! believes, it is elteemed of much the 
Save proofs. We trequently tie on the a thofe o ly ce 
wound every artery that betrays the leaft difpefition to Be, when the dreflings have been put on, and a little preffure is: 
as long as t ound continues expofed to the air. e adopted. If the Hagar veffels are of a fize ftill mo 
bring the erEcite ave of " s wound into conta&t, and confiderable, ; and we ourfelves nila feen: 
put the patient t an hour elapfes, before sos 
‘renewal of Semcrhage Bir dhe us to remove a? dre 
The wound is — expofed to the air, and a HeeG- 
= e bieobag. Fir Lines of Surgery, 
chap, L 
The chief ftyptics, fays Mr. John Bell, have beew acids, 
fulutions of vitriol, turpentine, and various folutions of - 
altringent gums in ee irit of wine. fe were invented by 
the regular phyficians, and had their fucceffes in tees 
Morrhages ; and the hope was always indulged of finding 
out fome _altringent: paspine powerful to fupprefs i904 
he ng from awai Srpanyeen J limb. This eafy and c 
lous temper of mind in men feffion has left the 
Koo, wary. much expofed to the 3c prdies 
» OY mine 
ight bleedin the nofe or gums. We no more ex 
ou inp or faline bodys to act as a fs Bs with- 
& sg alc 8 
. the ufe of Arete applications, in a reais o 
; ‘b ; 
ete : ve; tt 
ow them to be of eivte aks Ger uee than to sean ch 
thetic 
e chief 
they 
feveral lives near! lott by the “farge on. rafhly 
c Pie 
voider 
‘All ne ad atin ent applications are ass prouaive 0 of 
great irritation upon urfaces of wou O as to excite 
inflammation and cinta and iB tiugs prevent usion 
the firft intention. This defirable mode of healing a wound, 
indeed, is quite out of the eke: when ftypties are ufed ;: 
becaufe its lips cannot be brought into contact im confe- 
quence of the intervention ss § : ie flimulating cucteaine 
between them. 
Upon the whole, we may flate, as a gencral remark, that,. 
in bleedings fro fro on teal veliels, ging are ia aa 
are’ 
: that, in 
ineffectual. In cafes of reeen 
ployment injudicious,. and repugnant ta val true ormcigee 
of fu 
fete: we will not dltegetler co demn their ufe in 
few inftanees. In fome bleedings from "the nofe and — 
cannot 
PRS, BESTS 
ving loft their se te = dit 
pin to pel In thefe examples, we think, no fur- 
7 geons 
