The American journal of the medical sciences (1827)
[Thorofare, N.J., etc.] Charles B. Slack [etc.] · leaf 413
ld not be so sharp as to endanger either artery or vein. The handle should resemble that of a common scalpel. " When a ligature is applied to an artery, the nearer it is placed to the neighbouring textures, so much the better; great care should be taken, however, that none of these are included,… … Common surgical needles, such as are here represented (fig. 31), may be used for this purpose, or one of this sort
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