Acupressure. A New Method of Arresting Surgical Haemorrhage and of Accelerating the Healing of Wounds. INSCRIBED BY JAMES Y. SIMPSON.

SIMPSON, James Y.

Published by Edinburgh: Adam & Charles Black, 1864., 1864

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xiv, 580 pp; 42 figs. Original cloth. Tear repaired along upper 2" of front joint, and part way across the spine (see photo). Institutional bookplate on front pastedown ("Purple Collection" of the Library of the Medical Society of the County of Kings in Brooklyn NY) ink stamp on the same institution on the title page. First Edition. INSCRIBED BY JAMES Y. SIMPSON: "J. A. Calantarients/ Presented by the Author University/ Edinburgh" (see photo). "Johannes Avetician Calantarients was . . . born in 1838 in Armenia. Calantarients was educated at Constantinople (Istanbul). He came to England aged 20, to study at St Aidan's Theological College, Birkenhead. However, after 3 years he took up medical studies at University College, London and in Edinburgh. He qualified as a Member of the Royal College of Surgeons (MRCS) in 1869, Bachelor of Medicine (MB) in 1874 and Doctor of Medicine (MD) in 1876." Simpson's book is "one of the most intelligent studies of the problems of wound healing to be published before 1867, when Lister announced his discoveries. Apart from his exposure of the perils of burying septic ligatures he propounded sound ideas about wound closure and dressings. He stressed the necessity of careful apposition of wounds without tension, of closing dead spaces, of irrigating wounds to remove all dead or foreign tissue before attempting closure, of achieving complete haemastasis, or providing dependent drainage when necessary and of absolute rest for a wound. 'All touching and fingering of the sides or vicinities of recent wounds should be avoided and forbidden' was one of his aphorisms. He scorned the use of multiple dressings and packs but advocated that wounds should be left exposed to the air to let nature do the healing. Such principles were important steps towards aseptic surgery and remain as important today as ever" (Shepherd, Simpson and Syme of Edinburgh, pp. 173 and 185). Seller Inventory # 7697

Bibliographic Details

Title: Acupressure. A New Method of Arresting ...

Publisher: Edinburgh: Adam & Charles Black, 1864.

Publication Date: 1864

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: 1st Edition