The pathology and treatment of diseases of the ovaries : (being the Hastings essay for 1873).. . Fig. 33.—Taits Wire Clamp. successful; but in my own hands the silk ligature has provednot one bit inferior ; and I shall retain it as long as it serves moas it has done up to the present moment; for it could only be bycareful comparison of the results of a very extended experiencethat any determination would be arrived at as to the superiorityof the one over the other. As soon as Dr. Keith has removedthe tumor, he fastens on the pedicle the well-known cauteryclamp of Mr. Baker Brown, screwing it u
The pathology and treatment of diseases of the ovaries : (being the Hastings essay for 1873).. . Fig. 33.—Taits Wire Clamp. successful; but in my own hands the silk ligature has provednot one bit inferior ; and I shall retain it as long as it serves moas it has done up to the present moment; for it could only be bycareful comparison of the results of a very extended experiencethat any determination would be arrived at as to the superiorityof the one over the other. As soon as Dr. Keith has removedthe tumor, he fastens on the pedicle the well-known cauteryclamp of Mr. Baker Brown, screwing it up very tightly ; hethen divides the pedicle above the clamp by a common cauteryiron at a dull red or almost black heat, searing the pedicle veryslowly, but very completely. When he removes the clamp, thatpart of the pedicle which has been embraced by it is shrivelledand translucent, like parchment, and it very rarely gives him any 286 DISEASES OF THE OVARIES. further trouble by bleeding; if it should do so, he screws it upagain and applies the iron more effectually. He then drops thepedicl
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