Minor surgical gynecology : a manual of uterine diagnosis and the lesser technicalities of gynecological practice : for the use of the advanced student and general practitioner . ce that the degree to which the cautery isheated be carefully regulated; for a caustic escharotic effect, when a deep APPLICATION OF MEDICINAL AGENTS TO THE VAGINA. 149 slough and wide-spreading reaction is desired, the red or even white heatis required; but when a styptic or merely astringent action is intended, theiron should be at black heat only. There are three varieties of apparatus by which the actual cautery m
Minor surgical gynecology : a manual of uterine diagnosis and the lesser technicalities of gynecological practice : for the use of the advanced student and general practitioner . ce that the degree to which the cautery isheated be carefully regulated; for a caustic escharotic effect, when a deep APPLICATION OF MEDICINAL AGENTS TO THE VAGINA. 149 slough and wide-spreading reaction is desired, the red or even white heatis required; but when a styptic or merely astringent action is intended, theiron should be at black heat only. There are three varieties of apparatus by which the actual cautery maybe applied: the old-fashioned cautery irons of different shapes and pat-terns, the galvano-cautery, and the thermo-cautery of Paquelin. A verysimple and mild thermic effect may be produced by applying the meltedend of a stick of sealing-wax to the diseased surface; for want of better,this expedient may be used in simple erosion of the cervix. The cauteryirons are of different shapes and sizes, according to the extent of the sur-face to be touched; thus we have them with a round flat tip, or button, anolive, or a slender point, the button and olive being the most
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