The American journal of the medical sciences (1827)
[Thorofare, N.J., etc.] Charles B. Slack [etc.] · leaf 57
ndia-rubber, which consequently represented externally a half circle, corresponding in length and direction with that formed by the strip within the canal (see Fig. 3 a). Lastly, the ends of the wires holding the external strip were cut off ; but the lower wires that passed through the canal were… … Fig. 4. Second stage of the operation ; the India-rubber strip fixed to the wires and about being pulled into its position in the canal. Fig. 5. Operation completed. The upper extremities of the wires have been twisted over the external piece of India rubber and cut off; the lower extremities of…
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