EXPLANATION of the PLATE.

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Fig. 1. A common bleeding lancet. A. The blade; which, when it is wiped after bleeding, should always be laid upon the handle B. and wiped but one way, to save the point.

Fig. 2. An incision lancet. A. The point of the blade, which ought to incline one way most, in order to make it the better fit for opening of aposthumes.

Fig. 3. A bistoury for opening of sores, &c. in general use. A. The blade. B. The handle in which the blade folds.

Fig. 4. A pair of strong scissars.

Fig. 5. A spatula. A. The part for spreading of plaisters. B. The part for pressing down the tongue; for which reason it is made full of holes that it may the better press down the tongue.

Fig. 6. A probe. A. the probe. B. A triangular point on which lint may be wrapped to wipe the sore with, as it is easy taken off again.

Fig. 7. A arm tied up for bleeding, with the three veins as they generally appear when swelled up.

Fig. 8. A vein of a kind of three orifices. A. Is a longitudinal orifice, which will not let the blood run freely. B. Transverse; in making such orifice the vein is apt to be divided; besides it is not very easily stopped, and will not admit of an orifice large enough to let the blood run out with freedom. C. An oblique opening, the medium between the two former; and always the best orifice.

Fig. 9. A key-tooth instrument. A. The handle, made of ivory. B. The comb of the instrument, which should be wrapped round with a little rag, and is that part which rests against the jaw bone. C. The hook which is brought over the tooth. D. The screw at the end of the key, by which the hook is shifted as occasion requires. E. The screw by which the handle is fixed to the instrument.

Fig. 10. Common splints used for fractures; these splints are made of thin boards of pine or cedar, glewed on to leather, and then ridged so, that they may easily bend and suit to the limb which they are applied to.

Fig. 11. A single headed rowler, or bandage, this bandage is generally used for a fractured arm or leg.

Fig. 12. A double-headed rowler, generally for dislocations.

Fig. 13. A many-tailed bandage. A. The back part slip, that keeps the bandage together. B. The stitches coming thro’ the bandage. C. The slips of the bandage. D. The part next the ancle, from whence the parts upwards have a gradual increase.

Fig. 14. Mr. Sharp’s invented splints, made of paste-board. A. The external splint. B. The leather straps. C. The strap, that comes under the foot. E. The internal splint. F. The loop through which the strap that comes under the foot is put. G. Small iron buttons, on which the straps are fastened.

Fig. 15. A leg with the many-tailed bandages. A. The slips laid over each other. B. The under slip that secures the whole. C. A slip that secures the bandage to the foot.

Fig. 16. A leg dressed with the splints. A. The bandage. B. The splint. C. The tie knots of the tape that secure the splint to the leg.

Fig. 17. The inner view of a leg with Mr. Sharp’s splints.

Fig. 18. The external view of the same. These two are copied from Mr. Sharp’s pamphlet.

Fig. 19. A clyster syringe. A. the syringe made of pewter. B. A pipe made in such manner, as to enable a man to administer a clyster to himself. C. A common clyster pipe, that occasionally may be screwed on to the syringe.

Fig. 20. A clyster pipe and bladder. A. The bladder. B. The pipe. C. The manner of fixing the bladder to the pipe. D. The tying of the bladder when it is filled, with a slip knot; which is handier than the customary way of the cork.

Fig. 21. The manner of closing a wound with plaisters, called the dry suture.

Fig. 22. A common syringe made of ivory.


  • Transcriber’s Notes:
    • In Lecture VI, Sect. VI. has been corrected to Sect. V. to match the table of contents.
    • In SECT. VI. on page 118 there is a reference to the authors description of the skin in Lect. I., Sect. VII. The discussion of the skin is actually in Lect. I., Sect. IX. on page 40.
    • There are two SECT. VIII. in LECTURE I. They have been left with

      geh duplicate number.

    • The “recipes” for various medicines are numbered somewhat sequentially with Roman numerals across all Lessons and Sections. However there are “recipes” with duplicate numbers (XXII appears three times in Section V of Lect. IV.) and some recipe numbers are missing altogether.
    • Missing or obscured punctuation was silently corrected.
    • Typographical errors were silently corrected.
    • Inconsistent spelling and hyphenation were made consistent only when a predominant form was found in this book.






                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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