The American journal of the medical sciences (1827)
[Thorofare, N.J., etc.] Charles B. Slack [etc.] · leaf 134
about one-half inch from the scarified edge of the fistule, pushed deeply into the vesical septum without transfixing it; brought out just at the edge of the mucous lining of the bladder; carried across the opening; made to enter the opposite side at a point corresponding with its direction… … order to represent the situation of the sutures. For the purpose of vivi- fying the edges of the fstale, and of* keeping these edges in contact, it is barely possible to improve upon the proceedings of Dr. Sims. A fistula can be cured, however, more certainly by carrying out more absolutely the…
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