GAS 
figures appear by magic art. It is thus called, becaufe the 
figures appear as in the belly of the veffels 
“GASTROPODA, in Zoology, a fab-order in the. clafs 
a eG oy CLASSIFICATION Of Animads. 
GAS’ 'PHE, GASTR PHIA, a term, in 
Surgery, penne from yasine, the belly, and ex?n, a future, 
It means le fewing up of a wound of the abd 
in ie or ees ; a proceeding, which is hardly ever deem- 
ed side or preper, by the moft eminent modern fur- 
nN W ie refpect to fewing up a wound of the parietes of 
he omen, furgical writers inform us, that either the 
common interrupted future may be ufed DS UTURE; ) Or 
the quilled one, which is generally reprefented as that t 
Fhe quilled oe 
under 
nger is placed in contact with the perito- 
th the affiftance of the thumb, 
and raife the whole thicknefs of the parietes, 
With the right hand, one of the needles is to be introduced 
into the abdomen, its point being guided on the index finger, 
fo as to be kept from wounding the omentum and inteftines. 
“i the wound, oh within 
he other needle. is 
in the fame way though the oppatit lip. 
the two needles are to be cut any {uch 
futures muft be made as the extent of the nd may re- 
© prepare 
y of the ee futu 
al : a of the abdominal m 
ae the fea res cut aise way through the parts. 
we are directed to fplit each end of the ligatures into two 
ure, Lee it is 
portions, and to tie mein over a Piece of bougie, laid along 
the flefh. This 
the line, at which t 
is to be done to all oe pane on one fide firlt. 
wound being igatied Sage ner piece of bougie is to be 
the 
one in a fimilar ong the other lip of the 
wound; andthe ae at at the ligatures are to be ti 
ed 
ver it, with fufficient tightnefs to keep the fides of the 
So in contact. 
Although we cannot allow, that this future is proper in 
ordinary wounds of the abdomen, we believe that it is pre- 
le to the interrupted one, becaufe a great deal of its 
ae ey 
o cut their way 
with a uniting ban- 
out. ts operation 
dage, or ftrips of: ati latter, od th comprefies laid 
ever each ide of the wound, unde the bandage. Every 
ragged vifk created of the 
threads cutting their way throug . e rder to 
revent, cha e, all eae ‘of the abdominal 
mufcles, the bowels fhould be kept open with glytters ; 
and no eis fi opium for putting a itop t 
dant on waunds 
the vomiting, which is fometimes atten 
f 
the abdomen, and apt to produce a sery hurtful difturbance 
f the wound. 
The quilled future receives its name from the circum- 
ftance of a quill having: been formerly ufed inftead of a 
piece of bougie. The hgatures may generally be withdrawn 
in ‘about a week, and. ee Ree wed with only com- 
mon i nee. 
Grae atibaca except 
rT 
GAS 
fir — in en ae of fewing up a wou 
Ga d of the 
external parts of the a 
pues ee hae eated an 
elly 
a proper 
‘ 
paper a the iil effeéts of futy res, by M. 
} e 2 Academie de Chirurgie, tom, 1S 
gentleman i adduce 
e la 
the Cefarean operation, has alfo been often healed, 
as aie as poffible, without yes - sf gk together. We 
cconfidesntion of it hereafter. 
a 
epee aes 
umitance, the ftitches fhould be as few 
as the ae of ae: willallow. With refped to longitu- 
dinal wounds, the’ uniting piensa) Rees itrips of. adiclive 
platter, is fully fufficient to kee 
Ga p fome breach i in the 
pein ie the moft eminent 
ie ae to unde eritand, that a Gites 
ae 
oO ead to a wounded in. 
teltine, by which means the inj con may be retained 
near the external wound, fo as to enable any extravafated 
_ to eee its way out. See Wowunps. 
writers, who faid a great deal about aftroréphe, 
feem he Ms have done fo from cuftom than re Sp V hat 
with any certainty, determine in 
what particular part it i is eleet oe| Ww oe want of informa- 
tion makes it abf aie - open the abdomen to get at the in- 
ured part. . n former times, a fe ewing together 
; ‘hp rrid, the operation of flitching the 
could har oy, sag! been done » by the mott rath 
truded. At let, even in this uncommon cafe, a good 
furgeon would not d to fe the ach, as an old 
woman mends a hae in ove. would only 
quired the performance e of mr ora vee Sy See oper ation 
ftitching the bowels. It has Mia e propofed to ere 
A ne ends of the esas canal together, in inftance 
tified herniz. However, there are ftrong objetions rel fack 
ractice, as will be Nee ee explained. ° IA, 
T OT term, fignfying an — 
tion of ¢utting into the abdomen. he - de. 
rived from yaerne, elly 
denotes the Cefarean Operation, or that 
uterus in order to extract the fort S. 
ries bg 
» and rep, t pi It a 
of cutting into the 
GASULON, 
