Elements of pathological anatomy . Effects similar to the above are produced when a ligature is applied roundthe edges of a small wound, that is to say, from two to three lines in diame-ter, provided it be drawn with sufficient firmness not to slip off. The cordgradually cuts through the different coats of the bowel, and the continuity ofthe canal is re-established by the effusion of plastic lymph upon the constrictedpart. The process of reparation, however, is not so speedily completed,owing to the breach being much wider than when a ligature is simply castround the tube. In this case the muc
Elements of pathological anatomy . Effects similar to the above are produced when a ligature is applied roundthe edges of a small wound, that is to say, from two to three lines in diame-ter, provided it be drawn with sufficient firmness not to slip off. The cordgradually cuts through the different coats of the bowel, and the continuity ofthe canal is re-established by the effusion of plastic lymph upon the constrictedpart. The process of reparation, however, is not so speedily completed,owing to the breach being much wider than when a ligature is simply castround the tube. In this case the mucous membrane is reproduced only after along time, and the amount of lymph required is proportionally much ligature is detached at a period varying from five to ten days. WOUNDS. 606 Wounds and punctures of the bowel, unaccompanied by the effusion offecal matter, heal, when left to themselves, either by the adhesion of theiredges to the surrounding parts, or by the deposition of lymph upon their sur-face and the gradual
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