The American journal of the medical sciences (1827)
[Thorofare, N.J., etc.] Charles B. Slack [etc.] · leaf 76
the parts, a turn of the twister suffices to fix them there. The figure represents the instrument of full size, in the act of twisting the wire passed through the two terminal eyes. After having secured these three wires by the twister, I omitted cutting them off in order to accomplish an object in… … represents this stage of the operation, and also explains how we may be certain of the proper and unalterable adjustment of the wound before the application of the button. The next step was to attach the button or splint, and as this part of the process, in my opinion, is a decided improvement upon…
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