738 / 868
s
U R
fi,ories ore ufoally
m.deof foap, fugar, .Ium, or a piece
of
rallow·cand)~J
aboul [he
length
of a man's
thum~
and
,he bread,h of a finge<", ,hough 'hey may be
m.deCmal–
JeT fo r
childreo~
and fometimes a
linle
thlcker for 2Id ults.
S UPPRESSION. in law, ,he e",inélion or annihilating of
3n effice,
right,
reot. or
[he I&e.
S UPPRESSION, In
medicine.
is gen('ralJy
ufed
for a reten·
tionnruTlne ort he menCes Sel
MEDICINE,
p
160.162 .
SU P PURATION .,he Cecond way wherelO an inOamma-
1100
terminal( s.
b~ing
a
cODvedion of
che ¡oCp ffated b)ood
and the (oft adjaccnt pans . as (he velfds ."od fat, ioto
pus. or matter: which difolder. whcn it has
DOl
yet
found an openiog,
IS
generally called ao abfceC..
See
M ED IC INE ,
aod
SU~ GE ~Y .
SUPPURA-rlV ES, or SUP PU RATI NG
"EDICIW'~,
fuch
a~
promote fuppuratioo. See lhe prcceding
anicle.
SUPRACOST A LES, in anatomy. See ANATOMV, p.
21
5.
SUPRALA PSARY, io ,heology, a perfon who hold, ,ha,
God, without any
regud
tO
(he good or evil
works of
m~ n,
has refolved,
by an
eternal degree,
to
f..
ve
fome
aod damo oíhers. T hefe are alCo caBed ' nl elapfarics,
and are oppoCed
10
CoblapCarie, 2nd infral.pra ries.
SUPRAS PINAT US, in aoalomy. See AWOTOM V, p.
196.
S UPREMACY, the fuperiori,y
or
Covcre.guty of ,he klOg.
SURAT , a ci,y and por<-rown of H i,her India, in the
proyioce
of
Guzurat,
or
Carnbaya.
úluated
00
the
river
s
U R
T apIe, ten miles eon of the Iodian fea : in E . long .
.
7-:f>"
20',
N.lat.
2 1°
30'.
SURCHARGE, ,he Came wi,h overcharge, aod \Vha,ever'
is above that which is juít: and righr.
SURCOAT, a eo>tof arms 'o be woro over ,he hody ar–
mour.
T he Curcoa, ís properly a looCe ,hin
taffa<~
coa<, wí,h
arms enlbrodered or
painted on
¡t,
fuch as
is worn
by
herald. : ancieotly alCo uCed by m.lítary meo over ,h eír
armour
I
to .daflinguilh tbemrelves by.
SURCULUS, in the ana,omy of planlS,
a
word uCed 'o
expreCs ,ha' par< of the pranchiog of ,he ribs of a leaf,
which i. of a lI'Iiddle
k.odbe,wix, the grea! middle rib
and
(he
fmaneCl
reticolar r¡¡mI6calioDs.
SU RD SeeALGEBu. p.
95.
S URETY, io I.w, geoerally 1ignífies ,he fame with
b¡jl,
See BAIL .
SURFACE. S ee S UPER¡ ICIES .
S URFEIT, in medictOe, a 6ckneCs proceeding from the
Ceofation of a load
a'
,he Ilomach, uf(¡. !ly a"tnded
with~erWlplions,
aud fometimes with a fever. See M
¡.
DICINE.
SURG E , in the fea·language, ,he {ame wi,h \tIave. See
WAV' .
AICo when heaving a' ,he capnan , i( ,he cable royal
0 1
meffeoger flip a hule, ,hey call
i,
furgiog.
s
u
R
G
E
R
y--
S
URGERY, the art of curing all lUanner
~f
wou.ds,and oenc:r d¡forders. where ,he applicatioD of
lhe hand,
affified
by
proper ionruments.
ji
neceff'ary .
O/PHL EBO TOMV.
W.
begio wi!h the operatioo of phlebotomy: bceaufe i,
i. uf aJl ,h;. mon genenl , performed in mon pails of ,he
body, and by much ,he mon frequen, io uCe
at
this preCen.
? ay.
By
phlebo,omy, or bleeding. we here in' end ,he opeo·
log • veto, by a lharp-edged aod poin!ed innromen< of Ited.
for ex,raéling a proper quantity of blood, ei' her
Cor
,he
prefe rvation or recovery of a pcrfon's hc:alth .
.
I~
is
commonly enough knowo
l
lhat
lhe
operadon
o( blced
log
In
the arm
15
performed
00
the
vd ns
that líe on the in
internal pan of lhe
cubiL
There are
reveral
thiogs worthy–
l he
furgeon's
notlce in this
operalioo .
fome of
whieh
reg:ud
lhe
things which are to be done preparatory ro bleeding,
fome in
lhe
operaeion~
¡lfelf,
others immcdiately after the
performaoce of
it.
Prepar:ttory
tO
bleeding
yOl1
lhould
have
in readine[, . (l .) A ItOen filler, abou. an oJl in lenglh, and
l\tIo finge" in bread' h.
(2 .)
Two fm.1I Cqu.tre boHlero.
(.3 ·) Porringers or veff.!,
10
receive the blood. (4 ) A
fpooge
WKh
WArm
waler.
(S' .)
Soml! vloega.r,
Wlne,
or
Hun
gary
water, to
raife
t!le paucO\'s
I1>lrits
if
he lhould. be in–
clin. ble 'o
r.ín, (6) T wo .(finan:s one
10
hold .he por ·
finger
1
the other
tO
rcaen vou any ehlng rhal you (hall want .
~? )
You
fOUn
place
you r"~3t1ent
upon
a cOl1ch: ur,
ir
he
IS
very fe:urul of the o,peration.
l ,y
him u,pon a bed.
len
he
fh(,uld
~alllHto.
a
fwoon.
L aHl y. (he open tor Ihould
be as
expen
10
bleedlng wi,h his left haod as wi,h hiS"right: For..
as you are
readier
at bleeding j n' tne rigbt arm with your
rie,ht hand, (o when you are tO opeo the veios of the
left
arm o you
wilJ
find
il'
neca{f.¡ry tO
uce
your Jeft hand.
Thougb lhe open,tioo is
tO
be performed
:H
once, with
one punélu, e. yet molny
thin~s
are tO
be obferl'ed in
order
to rcnder
it
fueceh.ful. Firn, it js oece{fary for [he furo–
geon lO
infpc:C:l his
pallent 's arm
ctiligently, that
he
may
fee
the
cour(e
(.f
the ve:ns: he
mun
then
take hold of tha arm,
and eX'end
It
[oward,
his brealt, tucking up Ihe
Oeeve
a–
bOUI a
h ~ ocrs
bre;¡dth above
lhe
bend of the cubil, where
he mu(l rnt\ke
h:s tigature, rolhng the 61let t\\liee
round, and
faflenang
it
with
a knor. The
veíns being <;ompreff'ed,
and
the blood bt"ing flopped
10
¡es return, they
\ViII
enJarge,
30"
Jie Idi lef to the e)e. When you htlve
bOllnd
up lhe arm
in tf)is manDer, you let
il
go for a fmall time
till
lhe veins
grow turgld.
You.Hethen to ]ay hold 'of the. :,¡(m again in
the Came mtlnneras we
dlreél:t.d
before,
and eXlend it to }'our
bre::lll, having
an
afTiClant rcady with the
veff'el
in
his
haod,
at a convenient d¡nance (or. reeeil'lOg the
blood~
You
are
now
tO
examine whieh veio lies
fai reO,
and is
th:rerore mon proper ' o be opened. F or you mun ob–
(erve, that in (he 3rm therCl
urually
appear
three princip<4l
vein. ·. T he
6 d~
io called
Vena
C,p~allca
. nd i. found
i~
the external pan of
the
arm
The
fecond
is
termed
Baji¡'cl1,
and :lies on
lhe
internal
part
of
the
arOl :
In
the
righ1'
arm
ji
is
alJo calJed
Hepalica;
in
lhe
left.
SploJilica.
T he third ,
which
IS
obliquely lituated bet\vcen lhe
form~r
two. is cal–
leo
/VlediofJf1.
T he
median ..
nd bafilic veins, as 'they are'
1:\1
~t:'r
tlu n the cephalic.
dirchargc:
a
grearer
qU 'lOtity
of.
blood, bu, aro a<teoded \Vi,h more danger io ,he oper'lton :
}'.Dr.