The American journal of the medical sciences (1827)
[Thorofare, N.J., etc.] Charles B. Slack [etc.] · leaf 413
dvantage; some even prefer it to the forceps on all occasions. The sharp point is thrust through the bleeding vessel and some of the surroundino- parts (for we can scarcely in- clude the artery alone, where the parts are condensed) and then raised, so that the thread may be tied beyond the… … are included, particularly the veins and nerves; and, in operations for aneurism, the less an artery is disturbed in passing the needle and thread under it, so much the more favourable opportunity is supposed Fig. 31. to be given for its permanent closure. "In some rare and troublesome cases of…
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