The American journal of the medical sciences (1827)
[Thorofare, N.J., etc.] Charles B. Slack [etc.] · leaf 580
the day previous to the operation, and, after the action of the medicine, one or two grains of opium are admin- istered, in order to prevent the descent of feculent matter into the rectum. After etherization, the patient is placed on the back, in the lithotomy position, the limbs supported by… … done with the scissors. This constitutes the first stage of the operation. The second consists in the closure of the parts. A long needle, supported on a handle — the eye being near the extremity — is armed with an iron thread, which has been well coated with silver. I use for the first suture…
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