A system of surgery . h any separation of the coats, and itforms a very firm closure of the vessel:it is well shown in Fig. 140. Paquelinscautery is the most convenient form to use. It shouldbe at a black or dull-red heat, and be applied accuratelyllfMffl to ^ie bleeding point, and held in contact with it forsome moments. Neglect of these precautions often leadsto failure; for a bright red or a white heat is not hemo-static, and it can easily be demonstrated outside thebody that the closure of an artery by the cautery takesmany seconds, the time varying with the size of the cautery


A system of surgery . h any separation of the coats, and itforms a very firm closure of the vessel:it is well shown in Fig. 140. Paquelinscautery is the most convenient form to use. It shouldbe at a black or dull-red heat, and be applied accuratelyllfMffl to ^ie bleeding point, and held in contact with it forsome moments. Neglect of these precautions often leadsto failure; for a bright red or a white heat is not hemo-static, and it can easily be demonstrated outside thebody that the closure of an artery by the cautery takesmany seconds, the time varying with the size of the cautery is chiefly employed ii parenchymatous oozing,in hemorrhage from sloughing surfaces in which a ligatureForcipi-es- will not hold, in some other cases where ligature is difficultce^s. F°r or impossible, as after removal of the upper jaw, and toseal the vessels in the pedicles of tumours—especiallyinternal piles. The eschar produced by the cautery is aseptic. 6. Forcipressure has superseded to a very great extent both.


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