The American journal of the medical sciences (1827)
[Thorofare, N.J., etc.] Charles B. Slack [etc.] · leaf 76
12 Atlee, Operation for Yesico-Yaginal Fistula. [Jan. twister, a most admirable and ingenious little instrument, which was slipped over the wires down to the wound, and after the lips of the latter were accurately adjusted by the fingers, a few turns were given to it, and thus the suture was… … been drawn quite tight, so as to make the splint compress and consolidate 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…
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