The American journal of the medical sciences (1827)
[Thorofare, N.J., etc.] Charles B. Slack [etc.] · leaf 28
wo ways ; first, by provoking contraction of the sphincter, and thus inducing tenesmus ; and secondly, if the wires are too widely separated, the wounded parts may catch between them, and thus pain, and even hemorrhage, be caused by the withdrawal of the instrument. The dimen- sions here given, and… … be embraced by the external sphincter) is half an inch in diameter, one inch in length. The instrument is four inches in length, and one inch in diameter at its largest part. The wires should be as small as is consistent with requisite strength, and only one-eighth of an inch apart. They should…
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