SURGICAL TEACHING.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 3489, 11 June 1884, Page 3

SURGICAL TEACHING.

A London paper says :—“ We heard a few days since, by the way, of a rather odd dovelopement of surgical teaching. A class of ladies, students of the Ambulance Corps, had been carefully taught how, by means of a tied handkerchief, pad, and a ruler (to twist, and so tighten the handkerchief), the bleeding ot an artery in the arm or leg may be stopped. The remedy, unscientifically applied, is a little dangerous, and we recently heard of a case in which, where no artery had been wounded, strong but unnecessary pressure had nearly cause mortification. Be this as it may, the extension of the method to the case next to be considered was certainly unexpected, and perhaps mistaken. ‘ How would you proceed,’ the ladies were asked afterwards in examination, ‘ in the case of a person bleeding from a bad wound iu the head? ‘I would tie the handkerchief round the neck,’ came the answer, 1 apply a pad to the throat, and with a ruler inserted under the knot at the back of the neck I would tighten the handkerchief until the bleeding ceased.’ The remedy would be undoubtedly decisive.”