XIX. _Of a mortification in consequence of an external accident; impropriety of amputation demonstrated; the proper treatment._ 33 XX. _Shattered limbs the second case, fracture of the bone; common treatment._ 39 XXI. _Method proposed by Mr. Bilguer; external applications._ 42 XXII. _Remarks on the same subject; internal medicines._ 46 XXIII. _Fevers, their cause, danger, method of cure._ 47 XXIV. _Gunshot wounds, wounds of the joints._ 50 XXV. _Sequel of the method of cure._ 54 XXVI. _Success of the author's method._ 57 XXVII. _Calculation in his favour._ 59 XXVIII. _Sequel of the calculation._ 63 XXIX. _Of the amputation of the thigh._ Ibid. XXX. _Of contusion, the third case._ 68 XXXI. _Sequel of contusion._ 69 XXXII. _Method of cure._ 74 XXXIII. _Continuation of the method of cure._ 75 XXXIV. _Impatience of the sick under the new method; steady perseverance of the surgeon requisite; care of his Prussian Majesty to prevent useless mutilations of the soldiers[2]._ 77 XXXV. _Limbs carried off; wounds of the large blood vessels, the fourth case requiring amputation._ 78 XXXVI. _Cases which confirm Mr. Bilguer's method._ 91 XXXVII. _Continuation._ XXXVIII. _Caries of the bone, fifth case; the cure._ 92 XXXIX. _Different ways of relieving this ailment._ 96 XL. _Cancer of the parts, sixth case; inutility of amputation._ 98 XLI. _Conclusion of the work._ 102 FOOTNOTES: [2] It was rumoured at Paris during the war, that the King of Prussia forbid the mutilation of his soldiers from other motives than those of humanity. Idle people spent their time in declaiming against such barbarity, and thus ignorantly prejudiced the minds of people against Mr. Bilguer's method. I have heard able surgeons hint this objection, when I spoke to them concerning the present work. They acknowledged, nevertheless, that amputations had been too common in the French armies. I hope the publication of this little book will have two effects; the first is, to re-establish the truth, and the second is, to awaken in those surgeons, the feelings of humanity. A DISSERTATION ON THE Inutility of Amputation.