The rules of aseptic and antiseptic surgery; a practical treatise for the use of students and the general practitioner . Fjg. M.— ^ing lor neck 40.— of neck wound completedby rubber-tissue bib and ami-sling. SPECIAL APPLICATION OF THE ASEPTIC METHOD. 55 Wheneve?- the surgeon has succeeded in forminfj a pedicle to a tumor situ-ated in tlie vicinity of largo vessels, cuttimj of such a pedicle without firsttying it off is a very risky step. Traction upon the tumor will obliterateany vessels included in the pedicle, and, when cut, the innocent-lookingmass, closely resem
The rules of aseptic and antiseptic surgery; a practical treatise for the use of students and the general practitioner . Fjg. M.— ^ing lor neck 40.— of neck wound completedby rubber-tissue bib and ami-sling. SPECIAL APPLICATION OF THE ASEPTIC METHOD. 55 Wheneve?- the surgeon has succeeded in forminfj a pedicle to a tumor situ-ated in tlie vicinity of largo vessels, cuttimj of such a pedicle without firsttying it off is a very risky step. Traction upon the tumor will obliterateany vessels included in the pedicle, and, when cut, the innocent-lookingmass, closely resembling ordinary connective tissue, may open up into unex-pected and overwhelming springs of welling blood. The stump will at onceretract, and finding and securing the retracted vessel in an inexhaustiblepool of blood is a terribly difficult, sometimes impossible, thing. Should itbe an arter}^, the tips of two or three fingers must be thrust at once into theplace from which the haemorrhage is issuing. The blood must be moppedup by rapid sponging, to enable the surgeon to find the vessel, in order tosecure it with an artery forceps, or to surround it by a s
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