A New and Improved Tourniquet
Document 1800Enclosed is a tourniquet which answers the purpose of preventing the flow of blood until the patient is under the care of a surgeon. It can also be used after the operation as it sets light and easy on the limb.
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uniform degree of pressure is kept constantly upon the mast which prevents it from sallying or rolling —
Accept My Dear Sir of my grateful Acknowledgements for the Interest you have taken in my Application — & of the Respectful Consideration & affectionate Esteem with which I have the Honor to remain Your Most Obet Humble Servant
Walter W. Buchanan
[illustration of a hand gripping a rope or spar, with annotation:] No. ligature 24 and ½ Long at least —
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[Address side: James [undecipherable] Esq. / Philadelphia.]
[Docket, upper right: Buchanan / [undecipherable] 1800 / (54)]
[Notation, left margin: No 5'905 —]
[Stamped: Received / from [undecipherable] / NOV 24 [undecipherable] / B.P.O. 401810.]
Type
Letter Signed
Description
Enclosed is a tourniquet which answers the purpose of preventing the flow of blood until the patient is under the care of a surgeon. It can also be used after the operation as it sets light and easy on the limb.
Date
04/16/1800
Author
Recipient
Sent from
New York
Document number
1800041680001
Page start
1
Note
Includes a diagram of the tourniquet.
Notable persons
Samuel Hodgdon
Walter W. Buchanan
Notable locations
Philadelphia
New York

