A text-book of diseases of the nose and throat (1904)
Kyle, David Braden, 1863-1916 · Philadelphia ; New York ; London : W.B. Saunders · leaf 415
ructures, severe hemorrhage may take place. In such cases thetonsillar tissue should be grasped by means of hemostatic forceps,and traction made to draw the stump directly away from the 25 386 DISEASES OF THE NOSE AND THROAT. pharyngeal wall, so as to permit of a ligature being thrown aroundthe… … Fig. 133.—Butts tonsillar hemostat. In considering the subject of hemorrhage after the removal ofthe tonsil, the age of the patient is an important matter. Nearlyall cases of alarming hemorrhage have been in adults, and most ofthe cases of severe hemorrhage have occurred after rapid removalof the…
