The American journal of the medical sciences (1827)
[Thorofare, N.J., etc.] Charles B. Slack [etc.] · leaf 75
operation, I adopted a very simple and effectual means of avoiding this. The two ends of the wire were each tied with separate threads, and held out of the way. Afterwards five more sutures were introduced precisely in the same way, making six sutures in all, about one-fourth of an inch apart, and… … An inspection of this diagram will at once show that this contrivance prevented the tangling of the wires, and enabled me, at the same time, to identify each wire as it was needed. The result, also, proved that the arrangement was an admirable one. It facilitated many of our future movements, and…
Medicine
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