The American journal of the medical sciences (1827)
[Thorofare, N.J., etc.] Charles B. Slack [etc.] · leaf 411
rmanent obliter- ation. " The thread for a ligature should be a small round cord of hemp or silk, about twelve inches long, possessed of sufficient strength to allow of some force being usecl in forming the knot; which should be tied in such a way that it will not loosen. *' The surgeon's knot,… … and then a third, without success; when, after some deliberation, it was thought advisable to amputate, as it was supposed that the artery was so ossified, that it would not close with a ligature. On exami- nation of the vessel after the operation, it was found in a natural state, and that the…
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