Annual and analytical cyclopaedia of practical medicine . ic by the cautery: thereis no pain following the operation; re-tention of urine is extremely rare; con-valescence is brief and uninterrupted,—confinement in bed from three to sevendays is sufficient. Trowbridge (BostonMed. and Surg. Jour., May 30, 95). [In two hundred and sixty-seven casestreated during five years at the N. Hospital, the clamp-and-cautery method employed and preferredto all other procedures. Charles , Assoc. Ed., Annual, 9G.] from which the patient recovered isrecorded, and a few slight hgeniorrh
Annual and analytical cyclopaedia of practical medicine . ic by the cautery: thereis no pain following the operation; re-tention of urine is extremely rare; con-valescence is brief and uninterrupted,—confinement in bed from three to sevendays is sufficient. Trowbridge (BostonMed. and Surg. Jour., May 30, 95). [In two hundred and sixty-seven casestreated during five years at the N. Hospital, the clamp-and-cautery method employed and preferredto all other procedures. Charles , Assoc. Ed., Annual, 9G.] from which the patient recovered isrecorded, and a few slight hgeniorrhages;and, so far as can be ascertained, therehave been no recurrences. Vaux (Ca-nadian Pract., Dec, 96). The writers objection to the clamp-and-cautery operation is that in haemor-rhoids having a broad base the clamppicks up the haemorrhoids and also alarge portion of the mucous membrane,and on the removal of the clamp theedges of the mucous membrane separateand leave a large ulcer, which is slow toheal. George W. Crary (N. Y. Feb. 12, 98).. Fig. 4.—Cauterizing the stump. (Gaiit.) Literature of 96-97-98. Advantages of the clamp and cautery:It is antiseptic; there are no sloughs toseparate as in the ligature operation;there are no ligatures or sutures to oflferany chance for infection; it is a radicalcure; the operation is a rapid one; thetime of convalescence can be definitelyfixed—the eighth day. The record of hfemorrhage, pyaemia, ordeath is almost negative. In five hun-dred cases operated upon in Mt. Sinai,by the above method, there has not beena single death. One case of pyaemia Clamps.—Fntil recently pile-clampson the market were constructed likescissors. AVhen that portion of a tumorexternal to the clamp was cut off, tissuesexcept those nearest the heel slippedthrough before the operator had a chanceto cauterize them. In this wa}^ patientswere subjected to a serious, if not fatal,haemorrhage. Some three or four years ago thewriter constructed a clamp wi
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