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Wrote in his book 'Chirurgia' on the treatment
of wounds to the jugular vein:
'If a wound made by a sword or similar weapon cuts the jugular vein,
treat it as follows: Take up the whole vein with the needle, but
so that it is not perforated; from the other side draw the needle
with the attached thread, binding it with the thread and tightening
so that no blood flows. Do this from above and below. Apply a wet
cloth to the wound.'
Paré reportedly stopped the bleeding from a lacerated common
carotid artery and internal jugular vein in the neck of a Francois
Prevost, who had been injured in a duel. Although the patient survived
he was left aphasic and hemiplegic.
First reported use of tourniquet to control
haemorrhage.
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Chirurgia - Roger of Salerno - c1200 |
