The American journal of the medical sciences (1827)
[Thorofare, N.J., etc.] Charles B. Slack [etc.] · leaf 85
as the varying condition of the wound requires, always keeping the edges in apposition, while, at the same time, it does not ulcerate through the skin, as does the unyielding and absorbing material of the ordinary twisted suture. The ring may be made of any size by cutting off smooth sections from… … and the mucous coat of the bladder could not protrude. The needle points could be readily guarded by perforated shot clamped upon them, and removed, when desired, by wire nippers. 5. Fresh Ox-Gall Enemata. — The long confinement of the bowels after these operations leads to more or less…
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