A System Of Surgery: Theoretical And Practical - Softcover

Timothy Holmes

9780371744543: A System Of Surgery: Theoretical And Practical

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ISBN 10: 0371744547 ISBN 13: 9780371744543

Publisher: HardPress, 2021

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A System Of Surgery: Theoretical And Practical — Timothy Holmes. This 19th?century surgical treatise blends clinical observation, pathology, and practical management, presenting a comprehensive view of surgical science and practice. The excerpt opens with in?depth discussions of collapse and shock in injured or operated patients, highlighting the nervous system's role in cardiac function and the mind–body influence on outcomes. It outlines shock, syncope, recovery (reaction), and defective reaction, and it stresses how emotions, mental state, and pre/postoperative condition can shape prognosis. The text then surveys inflammation as a fundamental disease process that can affect any tissue, detailing local signs, exudates, tissue chemistry, causative and predisposing factors, contagion, tissue predispositions, and the evolving conceptual framework for initiating and modulating inflammatory responses. A substantial portion covers cancer types, patterns of spread, prognosis, and historical surgical and caustic therapies, followed by wound classifications, healing modes, and practical wound care. The local summaries extend to septic and feverish postoperative states—pyaemia, hectic fever, traumatic fever—as well as delirium tremens, tetanus, scrofula, and tubercle, emphasizing wound management, systemic support, nutrition, drainage, and humane patient care. The excerpt reflects late?19th?century surgical pedagogy and the era’s integration of physiology, chemistry, and pathology into clinical practice.

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