PREFACE. Ir is my endeavor to present a guide to the manipulative procedures of the ordinary surgical operations. Acknowledgment of indebtedness is chiefly due to Stephen Smith's "Operative Surgery." NEW YORK CITY, September, 1887. CONTENTS. PAGES USE OF SPECULA, Catheters, Sounds, BougieS, ETC.-PLUGGING OF POSTERIOR NARES.-I. Aural, Nasal, Vaginal, and Rectal Spec- ula-II. Catheterization of Eustachian Tube, Nasal Duct; Catheterization of Larynx; Intubation of Larynx; Use of PARACENTESIS, HYPODERMIO NEEDLE.-I. Cornea, Tympani, Thora- 10-16 OPERATIONS ON the Head anD NECK.-Trephining-Operation for Strabismus-Excision of the Eye-Extraction of Teeth-Per- OPERATIONS ON the Trunk.-Excision of the Mammary Gland- PAGES GENITO-VESICAL.-External Perineal Urethrotomy-Sounding for 54-66 OPERATIONS ON MUSCLES.-Manipulation of the Tenotome-Myoto- OPERATIONS ON NERVES. - Neurotomy - Neurectomy Stretching-Nerve-Suturing-Neurotomy of Lingual-Neurec- OPERATIONS ON THE CIRCULATORY SYSTEM.-Compression of Ves- sels (Tourniquet and Elastic Band)-Torsion of Vessels-Liga- ture: (a) Cut Vessels, (b) Vessels in their Continuity-Ligature of Special Arteries in their Continuity :-Radial, Ulnar, Bra- chial, Axillary, Subclavian, Vertebral, Coinmon Carotid, Inter- nal Carotid, External Carotid, Superior Thyroid, Lingual, Facial, Occipital, Temporal, Common Iliac, Internal Iliac, Gluteal, Sciatic, Internal Pudic, External Iliac, Deep Epigastric, Femoral, Profunda Femoris, Popliteal, Posterior Tibial, Peroneal, An- |