Operative surgery . ance from primaryhaemorrhage. The Galvano Cau-tery. — Electricity isemployed for the pur-poses of cautery muchmore frequently thanheretofore; and this isespecially true in con-nection with the destruction of vascular growths and the removal of smallmalignant neoplasms. The ingenious command that is had of this subtle Fig. 109.—Galvano-cautery battery, with knife electrodes. AGENTS FOR TilK CONTROL OP HyEMORRMAGE. 81 Fiff. Fig. 110.—Hand-larap for illumination. agent enables the surgeon to perform many trivial operations with but littlepain to the patient and inconvenience t
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Operative surgery . ance from primaryhaemorrhage. The Galvano Cau-tery. — Electricity isemployed for the pur-poses of cautery muchmore frequently thanheretofore; and this isespecially true in con-nection with the destruction of vascular growths and the removal of smallmalignant neoplasms. The ingenious command that is had of this subtle Fig. 109.—Galvano-cautery battery, with knife electrodes. AGENTS FOR TilK CONTROL OP HyEMORRMAGE. 81 Fiff. Fig. 110.—Hand-larap for illumination. agent enables the surgeon to perform many trivial operations with but littlepain to the patient and inconvenience to himself (Fig. 109). Storage bat-teries (Fig. 110) and their adaptability for special ilhiminating purposes indeep wounds, and also the oppor-tunity to use the various associ-ated devices of the batteries foroperative purposes, are of greatimportance (Fig. 111). 0!)99, Vol. II. The Ligature.—The liga-ture is by far the best agentfor the control of haemor-rhage that the surgeon pos-sesses. It is easily portable, can be readily applied, andis always obtainable in someform. Ligatures are classi-fied, according to their na-ture, into the organic andinorganic. The organiccomprise the hemp, silk, and catgut varieties, and for convenience should not be less than twelveto sixteen inches in length, and longer, even, should circumstances require.A ligature should be of sufficient strength to withstand the traction neces-sary to meet the dem