Operative surgery . inally or at isolated points, to the prolapsed part, afterits return, is an excellent method of procedure, and, when combined withrest in the horizontal position and the production of fluid evacuations, willoften effect a speedy and satisfactory cure, especially in the young. OIKKATIOXS OX TIIK ANTS AND IMK IT M. 975 The Cauterization Method (\aii liiucn).—AiuL-silieLizu mnl place tliupatient in the knee-elbow or kuee-breast position (Fig. 1U8G); reduce theprolapse and expose tlie parts with Simss speculum. Tlien, with the])oint of a cautery (Fil,^ K-) at a dull-red heat, m

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Operative surgery . inally or at isolated points, to the prolapsed part, afterits return, is an excellent method of procedure, and, when combined withrest in the horizontal position and the production of fluid evacuations, willoften effect a speedy and satisfactory cure, especially in the young. OIKKATIOXS OX TIIK ANTS AND IMK IT M. 975 The Cauterization Method (\aii liiucn).—AiuL-silieLizu mnl place tliupatient in the knee-elbow or kuee-breast position (Fig. 1U8G); reduce theprolapse and expose tlie parts with Simss speculum. Tlien, with the])oint of a cautery (Fil,^ K-) at a dull-red heat, make four or live longi-tudinal stiipes about tlirtc inrlus in length at erpial inteivals aj)art, ter-minating externally at tiie Ijorder oi the true skin. Jhe number, size,ajul ilepth of the eschars will depend on the age of the patient and theseverity of the case. In the infant, two or three, a line or two in width, mayl)e sufficient. The older the patientand the severer the case, the deepershould he the

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