...instruments required are a knife, of which the blade should not exceed four inches in length, and a saw. The foot being held at a right angle to the leg, the point of the knife is introduced immediately below the malcolar projection of the iibula, rather nearer its...

...instruments required are a knife, of which the blade should not exceed four inches in length, and a saw. The foot being held at a right angle to the leg, the point of the knife is introduced immediately below the malleolar projection of the fibula, rather nearer its...

...instruments required are a knife, of which the blade should not exceed four inches in length, and a saw. The foot being held at a right angle to the leg, the point of a knife is introduced immediately below the malleolar projection of the fibula, rather nearer its posterior...

...adoption of this modification as a certain sign of lax surgical principle. In performing the operation, the foot being held at a right angle to the leg, the point of a common straight bistoury should be introduced immediately below the fibula, at the centre of its malleolar...

...and point out in detail the parts of it which seem absolutely essential to success. Operation. — The foot being held at a right angle to the leg, the...entered just below the centre of the external malleolus (Plate IV. figs. 12, 13), (1.) and then carried right across the integuments of the sole, in a straight...

...adhesive plaster. Syme's Operation. — The following is Mr. Syme's own description of this operation: "The foot being held at a right angle to the leg, the point of a common straight bistoury should be introduced immediately below the fibula, at the center of its malleolar...

...heel, constitutes an excellent basis of support. Syme's words as to the direction of the incision arc: "The foot being held at a right angle to the leg, the point of the knife is introduced immediately below the malleolar projection of the flbula, rather nearer its...

...heel. But let Mr. Syme describe his own operation (Principles of Surgery). " The foot," he says, " being held at a right angle to the leg, the point of the knife is introduced immediately below the malleolar projection of the fibula, rather nearer to...

...only applicable to the calf. Disarticulation of the Foot at the Ankle-joint. (Syme's Amputation.) — The foot being held at a right angle to the leg, the point of the knife is * Druitt's ' Surgeon's Vade Mecum,' p. 739. t Ibid., p. 740. J Fergussoa's ' Practical...

...died, or 131 per cent. The operation is to be performed as follows. I give it in Syme'i own words : — The foot being held at a right angle to the leg, the point of a common straight bistoury should be introduced immediately below the fibula, at the centre of its malleolar...