The journal of the Gynaecological Society of Boston : a monthly journal devoted to the advancement of the knowledge of the diseases of women . be per-ceived that in this way any apparent risk of secondaryhemorrhage, etc., that might be thought to attend thenew method of securing the pedicle is prevented, andat the same time the reparative process that has com-menced is allowed to proceed undisturbed. Dr. Cutter called attention to two inventions of hisown,—the one, a new method of passing metallic sutures,by which the calibre of the needle is made to corre-spond with that of the suture; and th
The journal of the Gynaecological Society of Boston : a monthly journal devoted to the advancement of the knowledge of the diseases of women . be per-ceived that in this way any apparent risk of secondaryhemorrhage, etc., that might be thought to attend thenew method of securing the pedicle is prevented, andat the same time the reparative process that has com-menced is allowed to proceed undisturbed. Dr. Cutter called attention to two inventions of hisown,—the one, a new method of passing metallic sutures,by which the calibre of the needle is made to corre-spond with that of the suture; and the other a forcepsfor removing retained placentae, the tissue of which istoo feeble to be easily removed by the ordinary forceps,while it is often difficult to introduce the instrumentwithout injuring the adjacent parts. Their descriptionis as follows: — NEW METALLIC SUTURE. This consists in simply soldering the needle directly onthe wire in such a manner that both wire and needleform one continuous cylinder of equal diameter. Thecommon three-sided needle of the glovers is preferred,and a silver wire is best, although copper is CODMAN U SHUR TLEFf, BOSTON. This simple contrivance obviates the unpleasanthitch that occurs when ordinary needles are employed,caused by the doubling of the wire through the also allows of the use of a needle which has a diame-ter equal to that of the suture. In the case of the ordi-nary needle for metallic sutures the diameter is gener- 1870.] Proceedings of the Society, 271 ally more than twice that of the suture, and the hole madeby the needle very much larger than that of the nice work the needle should not make a hole largerthan the suture. The facility of introduction is thechief merit of the invention. Dr. Cutter has used themfrequently, as have his friends also, and their testimonyhas been unanimously in their favor. They are made of all sizes, from the large post-mor-tem needle down, and can be had of Messrs. Codmanand
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