A system of surgery : pathological, diagnostic, therapeutic, and operative . in the lips of the wound. Dr. Wash-ington L. Atlee, of this city, has employed this form of suturein quite a number of his ovariotomy cases, and thinks itpossesses decided advantages over the ordinary contrivancein that operation. The annexed cut, fig. 78, exhibits theshape and mode of application of the ring. The period during which the pins are retained varies fromthirty-six hours to three or four days, according to the cir-cumstances of the case. Their removal should be effectedwith great care, in a direction contr
A system of surgery : pathological, diagnostic, therapeutic, and operative . in the lips of the wound. Dr. Wash-ington L. Atlee, of this city, has employed this form of suturein quite a number of his ovariotomy cases, and thinks itpossesses decided advantages over the ordinary contrivancein that operation. The annexed cut, fig. 78, exhibits theshape and mode of application of the ring. The period during which the pins are retained varies fromthirty-six hours to three or four days, according to the cir-cumstances of the case. Their removal should be effectedwith great care, in a direction contrary to that of their intro-duction, the parts being well supported at the time. Thethreads being generally firmly glued to the surface and edgesof the wound, are allowed to remain, until they drop off oftheir own accord, which usually happens in a day or twoafter. The support thus afforded is often of great service tothe imperfectly organized bond of union, and its prematureremoval sometimes necessitates the employment of adhesive plaster, or the inser-tion of a new India-rubber sutuie. CHAP. X. MODE OF DRESSING WOUNDS. 343 The continued suture, fig. T9, is similar to that used by the glover, on whichaccount it is generally known as the glovers suture. It is made with a needlearmed with a suitable thread, which is passed diagonally from one side of thewound to the other, on the same principle as in the interrupted suture. Its useis almost exclusively restricted to the treatment of wounds of the intestines,where it will again be noticed. The quilled suture, fig. 80, so called from the fact that it was originally madewith the assistance of two quills, is employed chiefly in the treatment of lacera- Fig. 79. Fig. 80.
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