Operative surgery . Fig. 38. Fig. 39. Holding knife, third position. grasped at each side of the median line of the wound with forceps, and thedivision be made directly downward upon a vessel or other important struc- THE GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS. 47 tiire (Fig. 41). This plan, when supplemented with gentle separation of thetissues with retractors, is technically superior in all respects to the one inwhich a grooved director is employed. The spring of the forceps shouldbe quick and not too strong, and the bite wide, to secure ease and certaintyof execution andlimit the bruisingof the tissuesgras
Operative surgery . Fig. 38. Fig. 39. Holding knife, third position. grasped at each side of the median line of the wound with forceps, and thedivision be made directly downward upon a vessel or other important struc- THE GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS. 47 tiire (Fig. 41). This plan, when supplemented with gentle separation of thetissues with retractors, is technically superior in all respects to the one inwhich a grooved director is employed. The spring of the forceps shouldbe quick and not too strong, and the bite wide, to secure ease and certaintyof execution andlimit the bruisingof the tissuesgrasped to a mini-mum. Unneces-sary pinching of tissues by forceps must be avoided, as repair of the wound is thereby hin-dered, and non-union may result. The injury of the tissues from forci-
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