Amputation

the operation of removing a dis- or injured part of the body. In performing amputation it is e entinl that the lo of blood be reduced to a minimum, and that suitable should be cut from the healthy skin and wherewith to cover the bones and secure a stump. With the ancients amputation rarely practised, as it was a most serious their methods of checking the bleeding crude, and limited to the use of hot irons and styptics. In the modern operation the artery supplying the part to be removed is either by means of the finger or with tourniquet (q.v.), the flaps are then cut, the bone through, and the bleeding ve els are then secured with artery forceps, and either or twisted, the flaps being finally sewn together, a suitable dre ing applied. Thus the is but slight in amount, and even at the hip joint, where the arteries are of large size, has become a practicable Occasionally the circular is preferred to Here the amputation knife is pa ed round the limb, the skin having been drawn up as far as po ible, so that it and muscles may be “cut long,” and so secure a for the bone.. Whereas in the more usual of operation the limb is transfixed with the and flaps are cut. In amputating at various a certain definite routine is frequently Thus, Syme’s amputation through the joint, Seale'’s amputation through the leg, Chopart’s and Lisfranc’s through the foot, are modes of operating in those particular Previous to the days of ans esthetics was of e ential importance in performing Nowadays, however, this is happily a matter of such moment. Again, modern with its improved methods of treating wounds, secures much better results than the case in earlier days. Amraoti(Oomrawattee), the name of one of the a igned districts and of its capital city. ) Its Baduera, tance the vince, mythology bearing Punjaub, of Its Chenab S.E., to square for rice, of City takes there miles, on centre the town of born opponent of ments, quest ‘Tripolis. Omar’s ship cause He capital where Zee. marsh, by the century the verted side. was port taken 1795 capital Though days Indies, The muni cation basins Among the Amsterdam. area is about 2,560 square miles. Karinja, and Kolapoor are places of some imp or with in the district. Amraoti, the town, forms headquarters of the Commi ioner of the pro- Amrita, the beverage of the gods of Hindu; applied also in Tibet to a celestial tree ambrosial fruit. Amritsar, 4 division, district, and city of the British India. Zhe Division is made up the Amritsar, Sialkot, and Gurdaspur districts. boundaries are the Him a lay as to the N.E., the river to the N.W., the Bias river to the and the districts of Lahore and Gujranwale the S.W. The District has an area of 1574 miles of level plain, depending on irrigation water. The products are wheat, barley, millet, and other cereals. Shawls resembling those Kashmir are the principal manufacture. The. (Amrita Saras, Fountain of Immortality) its name and origin from the reservoir made in 158]. The circumference of the city is 8 but there are large suburbs. Its position the Punjaub Railway makes Amritsar a great of trade, not only for the province, but for transit of goods to Central Asia.