RM2AWEY2T–With nature and a camera; being the adventures and observations of a field naturalist and an animal photographer . HORSEHAIR ROPE. i ,. ;.
RM2AJ0TPG–Modern surgery, general and operative . 116.—Continuous suture. geons knot or a reef knot. If a wound is on the face, particular care mustbe employed in closing it, in order to hmit the amount of disfigurement. Finesutures of silk or horsehair are passed with a small sharp needle or a subcuticularstitch is used. In a clean wound stitches may, as a rule, be removed in from.
RM2AX82AP–The pathology and surgical treatment of tumors . cision. The flap is now detached and by sliding isbrought into its new location, when the operation is completed bysuturing with fine silk, catgut, or horsehair, as shown in Figure 164.The wound-surface which cannot be covered by suturing should bepaved by Thierschs grafts at once. If the disease has extended to the conjunctiva, the entire eyelid mustbe removed. In such cases it is much more difficult to replace the partslost by disease than those lost by the operation. Dieffenbachs methodmust be modified so far that the inner surface of the new
RM2AJB2E5–Plastic surgery; its principles and practice . low and parallel to it. A triangle of skin of the desired size is removed.The skin and muscle along the margin is raised and the muscle is removed. The dottedtriangle indicates the outline of the incision for the removal of the tarsus, if necessary. Theskin flaps are undermined and the wound is sutured. flaps is planned, it is advisable to use a general anesthetic, as the in-filtration would distort the tissues and make the proper flap outlinesdifiicult to calculate. Suture Material.—In operating on the lids I prefer horsehair forall the skin sutu
RM2AJBF37–Plastic surgery; its principles and practice . Pig. 293.—Russells operation for hypospadias, continued.— i and 2. The loop isdrawn through the channel in the glans. 3. The redundant portion of the loop is removed,and the edges are sutured to the denuded portion of the glans on each side of the channel.All wounds are then closed. the redundant portion is removed, and the edges are sutured with finehorsehair to the denuded surface of the glans on each side of the incision,thus preventing subsequent contracture of the meatus c. The woundsare then closed with horsehair. A self-retaining catheter i
RM2AM78J4–Knight's American mechanical dictionary : a description of tools, instruments, machines, processes and engineering, history of inventions, general technological vocabulary ; and digest of mechanical appliances in science and the arts . other arches which make the sides of the .squares,whereof the ogives are diagonals. The middle,when the ogives cut or cross each other, is calledthe key, sometimes carved in the form of a rose.The members or moldings of the ogives are callednerves, branches, or veins ; and the arches whichseparate the ogives, doable arches. Oil-bag. A Kick of horsehair or cocoa-
RM2AJDE1B–Preparatory and after treatment in operative cases . asily handled as thestiffer horsehair, which still holds its place as an exceedingly use-ful suture material, where accurate coaptation of wounds isnecessary. It is the experience of the writer that stitch abscess occurs lessfrequently when silk-worm gut is used in the skin than with anyother suture material. Its field of usefulness is only that of asuture; it is of no value as a ligature for obvious reasons, the mostdetermining of which is the fact that it cannot, because of itsstiffness, be tied in a close knot. SILK Silk for suture and li
RM2AJ57NY–Plastic surgery; its principles and practice . hind the defect(with its pedicle above and posterior;, was raised and turned into the defect. It was sorigid on account of scar tissue that it cotild not be fitted down into the cavity. This diffi-culty was overcome by filUng the cavity with a free fat graft from the thigh, and the flapwas sutured over this. The defect from which the flap was raised was grafted with Ollier-Thiersch grafts. The photograph shows the flap held with horsehair sutures and thegrafts in position. thigh, to much less severe contractures with differing amounts of lossof fu
RM2AGBRT2–. Operative surgery. Fig. 643.—Periosteum covering end of bone. Fig. 644.—Ends of superficial muscu-Ends of deep muscles approximated with lar structures approximated, sutures. (Fig. 645). The stump should be slightly raised, and placed on a firmpillow to which it is loosely attached. Drainage should be provided at themost dependent portion by a small rubber tube extending only into thewound cavity, or by wisps of horsehair or catgut. If lateral flaps havebeen made they should be carefully supported or their weight will causeundue tension at their upper junction. In fact, the sutures should be
RM2AG50G3–. St. Nicholas [serial]. ad gone forth on hererrand, Molly stole into the wonderful frontrooms. There was the parlor and the sparebedroom and the little empty room beyond. Thecurtains were all pulled down, and there was astrange, fascinating closeness. Molly used tocome in the darkness, sometimes, and think ofthe people who had lived there, and of thecompany who had sat stiffly on the glossy seatsof the horsehair chairs. After she had been there for a while she couldsee the faint outlines of the old, old pictures onthe wall, and the spectral presence of a strangebead and red flannel structure
RM2AKTHJK–A text-book of veterinary obstetrics : including the diseases and accidents incidental to pregnancy, parturition and early age in the domesticated animals . leather straps, whichare buckled to two girths—one of which is of canvas webbing, and passesround the chest; the other, of india-rubber webbing, goes round thebelly, and maintains a pad against the umbilicus. This pad is a wide,but not very thick cushion stuffed with horsehair, and which a broadlongitudinal band uniting the pectoral and abdominal girths preventsfrom slipping backwards. In Italy, the Massiera truss is employed.This is also
RM2AJ2WC5–Operative surgery . rm - gut, horsehair,and silver wire constitute thestandard materials now employedfor the purposes of ligatures andsutures. The last three are rare-ly used as ligatures, except tomeet fancied or emergency de-mands. Silk and catgut arethe standard ligatures, kangarootendon being rarely employedfor the purpose. Sill-.—Silk is employed constantly in various forms and sizes for liga-turing and suturing. It is fitted especially for integumentary and intestinalsewing, and the ligature of pedicles and other large masses of tissue. Whenemployed for intestinal suturing the black silk
RM2AGA7EX–. Operative surgery. Fig. 815.—Richelots method.. OPERATIONS ON THE MOUTH. G33 buccal mucous membrane and confiued there with horsehair sutures. Theexternal oi3ening was refreshened and closed at once. Richelots Method.—Eichelot inserted into the fistula a small rubbertube so as to cause one end to project slightly into the mouth, while theother end was cut off obliquely and so placed that the saliva could flowdirectly into the tube (Fig. 815). Thereafter the external wound healedpromptly. Dcgiiises Method.—Deguise made a puncture througli the fistula, open-ing obliquely backward and inward to
RM2AFT4Y3–. American homes and gardens. n passed on to theFrench style of white and gold, andfinally the brass inlay of Napoleonicday. Seats of cane work again cameinto vogue and were varied by cov-erings of needlework, of morocco, orstriped and variegated horsehair.Damasks and finely printed silkswere also used, as Dame Fashiondecreed. The curved piece which Sheratonintroduced about 1800 remained thefavorite chair pattern for a century,although it lost the brass mountswhich he intended. The Sheraton was succeeded bythe Empire, which came in about theyear 1804 and lasted until 1830, thelast of the three
RM2AJCB7P–Plastic surgery; its principles and practice . so far developed. Suture Material.—I prefer very fine waxed silk for the uvula, horse-hair for the soft palate; horsehair, silkworm gut, or fine silver wire forthe hard palate. TECHXIC Preparation of the Field.^—After the patient has been anesthetized,the lips and surrounding tissues should be sponged with ether orbenzine, followed by alcohol. Then, after the gag has been inserted,the operative field should be sponged with ether and painted withone-third strength tincture of iodin. Operation.—After carefully trying most of the methods reported. Id
RM2AG3J7W–. The horse in the stable and the field : his management in health and disease. There are two effectualpreventives, however: one of which consists in the regular employ-ment of a rough horsehair cloth, made like that for hops, outsidethe rug, and which is so disagreeable to the teeth, that no horsewill attenipt to tear it; the other is carried out by means of a poleof ash, about three-quarters of an inch in diameter, with an ironeye attached to each end. One of these is fastened, by means ofa short leathern strap and buckle, to the side of the roller-pad, STABLE VICES. 205 while the other has
RM2AWJ5H9–The horse in the stable and the field : his varieties, management in health and disease, anatomy, physiology, etc. . ^ difficult to cure. There are two effectual preventives, however :one of which consists in the regular employment of a rough horsehair cloth,. REMEDY FOR TEARING THE CLOTHES. made like that for hops, outside the rug, and which is so disagreeable tothe teeth, that no horse will attempt to tear it; the other is carried out bymeans of a pole of ash, about three-quarters of an inch in diameter, with aniron eye attached to each end. One of these is fastened, by means of ashort leath
RM2AJC6RR–Plastic surgery; its principles and practice . ons in thefloor of the nose {Hell). HARELIP AND CLEFT PALATE 295 tissue be removed from the edges of the defect, before suturing in theflap with silkworm gut or horsehair. The jaws should be held apart,in the pedunculated flap operations (to prevent interference with theblood supply) with a block wired to the teeth until the pedicle is cut.The pedicle should be divided in from ten to fourteen days, after whichthe rest of the opening is closed, the base of the flap being turned outagain and utilized for filling the upper portion of the neck defect.
RM2AXG5MF–Canine and feline surgery .. . Fig. 35.Ecraseur with wire. REMOVAL OF TUMOURS. Tumours in the dog and cat are often of very large size ;they may appear in any region of the body, either externally TUMOURS. 6i o.- internally, and they may be malignant or benign, single ormultiple. In the case of malignant growths the benefit accorded byoperative measures can only be temporary; whatever thevariety the principles of removal by surgical methods are the. Fig. 30.Ecraseur (Cliassaignacs) with cliain. same. In those which have a distinct pedicle a ligature ofsilk, catgut, horsehair, or some such mate
RM2AG5J1P–. The illustrated companion to the Latin dictionary and Greek lexicon; forming a glossary of all the words representing visible objects connected with the arts, manufactures, and every-day life of the Greeks and Romans, with representations of nearly two thousand objects from the antique. horsehair was affixed. (Isidor. Orig.xviii. 14. 2. Virg. JEn. xii. 492.) Theapex itself is prominently shown inthe annexed example, which is copiedfrom a bronze original found atPompeii; but a specimen, with thehorse-hair crest attached, is givenunder the article Galea. APHRACTUS or APHRAC-TUM (fypaKTov). A s
RM2AXG57Y–Canine and feline surgery .. . Fig. 30.Ecraseur (Cliassaignacs) with cliain. same. In those which have a distinct pedicle a ligature ofsilk, catgut, horsehair, or some such material may be tiedfirmly around this part and the tumour removed at once witha sharp knife, or the ligature may be allowed to remain on fortwo or three days before removal. In some cases resort ismade to the actual cautery and clam, or the ecraseur may be. Fig. 37.Tumour liuoks of iliffereiit patterns. used. When the latter instrument is employed the skin shouldfirst be cut through, as, if left, the traction on this cause
RM2AGATBB–. Operative surgery. Fig. 749.—Malgaignes method of fieshening and suture. tense; transfix it near the border of the fissure, and cut upward to and overthe apex of the same; repeat the operation on the opposite side of thefissure; draw both flaps thus formed downward, bringing their cut surfacesin contact with each other (Fig. 749); close the cleft with a pin or suturepassed near to the vermilion border, and with another above if necessary;unite the everted flaps by a fine silken thread or horsehair; cut off theirextremities obliquely, leaving enough tissue to form a prominent projection PLAST
RM2AM72F9–Knight's American mechanical dictionary : a description of tools, instruments, machines, processes and engineering, history of inventions, general technological vocabulary ; and digest of mechanical appliances in science and the arts . ped in the ilepression c; thesteam is let on, and when a temjieratureof 180° to 190° Fall, is attained the gateis opened and the meal witluUawn, fall-ing through the aperture <j into a bag be-neath ; the bag lieing partially filled, itsunfilled portion is turned over so as to closeits mouth, and it is placed within a .squeezermade of horsehair cord covered wi
RM2AJD8Y4–Nut Weevils . clean orchard management andother cultural methods. It may be well to preface the discussion ofthese methods with a statement of the uselessness against nut weevilsof ordinary measures employed in the control of similar insects. Unsatisfactory Methods. Stomach poisons.—The peculiar structure, in the nut weevils, ofthe mouth-parts (minute mandibles placed at the end of a beak nearlyas fine as horsehair and as long or longer than the body) is almostsufficient proof in itself that these insects do not feed on leaves, butdepend for sustenance on the substance of the growing nuts. The
RM2AGACCY–. Operative surgery. in proper cases. If a limited involvement of the hard pal-ate be present, the operation shouldbe deferred for three or four yearslonger. The simultaneous closure ofboth hard and soft parts is regardedas the better practice. While strongsolutions of cocaine may be sufficient-ly potent for closure of short, narrowfissures, without pain, in older chil-dren or adults, still, except perhapsin the simplest cases, it is wiser toemploy an anaesthetic in all sensitivepatients. Horsehair sutures for re-laxed tissues, and silkworm gut andfine silver wire for tense ones, aresufficient
RM2AN500T–Knight's American mechanical dictionary : a description of tools, instruments, machines, processes and engineering, history of inventions, general technological vocabulary ; and digest of mechanical appliances in science and the arts . ii. ?l4# therein to assist the trituration. Foreign substances,iucluding the husk and bran,were removed by sift-ing. For this purpose, the Egyptians used .siftersmade of papyrus and rushes, the ancient Spaniardsof flax, and the Gauls invented sieves of horsehair. The Scotch pearl-barley mill is shown in Fig.2606, A being a .section of the cylinder, and B a per-s
RM2AGATGY–. Operative surgery. Fig. 749.—Malgaignes method of fieshening and suture. tense; transfix it near the border of the fissure, and cut upward to and overthe apex of the same; repeat the operation on the opposite side of thefissure; draw both flaps thus formed downward, bringing their cut surfacesin contact with each other (Fig. 749); close the cleft with a pin or suturepassed near to the vermilion border, and with another above if necessary;unite the everted flaps by a fine silken thread or horsehair; cut off theirextremities obliquely, leaving enough tissue to form a prominent projection PLAST
RM2AKR61E–War surgery of the faceA treatise on plastic restoration after facial injury by John BRoberts ..Prepared at the suggestion of the subsection on plastic and oral surgery connected with the office of the surgeon generalIllustrated with 256 figures . Fig. 116.— Twisted flap. (Keens Surgery.) Incisions: In furrows, in shadows; Oblique to make perfect apposition; Scalpel for raising flap; midpoint scalpel or bistoury for incisions;Broad surfaces of contact when edges are to be united, as in harelip and cleft palate.Suturing: Wire, worm gut, thread, horsehair for apposition of edges and surfaces.Int
RM2AG5JC9–. The illustrated companion to the Latin dictionary and Greek lexicon; forming a glossary of all the words representing visible objects connected with the arts, manufactures, and every-day life of the Greeks and Romans, with representations of nearly two thousand objects from the antique. horsehair was affixed. (Isidor. Orig.xviii. 14. 2. Virg. JEn. xii. 492.) Theapex itself is prominently shown inthe annexed example, which is copiedfrom a bronze original found atPompeii; but a specimen, with thehorse-hair crest attached, is givenunder the article Galea. APHRACTUS or APHRAC-TUM (fypaKTov). A s
RM2AWJBA6–Operative surgery . with a cambric needle(a) armed with horsehair su-tures. At each transfixion thesuture is caught at the middlewith forceps, drawn upward, di-vided and each half tied, there-by forming two independentsutures. About eighteen or Fig. 80:5.—Maunseirs method, intestinal extremi- twenty of these sutures—the re-ties drawn through the longitudinal sht; sew- g^^j^ ^^ ^^j^g ^^ ^g^ transfixionsnig began. —are thus placed (Fig. 804). Finally, the temporary sutures are cut short, the invaginated ends by gentletraction are reduced, the longitudinal slit (b) is closed with Lembert su-tures
RM2AJ9PPA–Plastic surgery; its principles and practice . ). The treatment consists in removal of the thickened tissue, and invery pronounced cases areas of skin and cartilage. The size of the damaged organ should be made to correspond asclosely as possible with that of the normal ear; the skin edges are closedand a small horsehair drain is inserted. An even pressure can bemaintained by filling all the irregularities on both back and front of theear with wet cotton over a layer of gauze which, as it dries, makes quitea good mold. A plaster-of-Paris cast, or a paraffin mold can also beused. Malformation o
RM2AJ95JC–Preparatory and after treatment in operative cases . Fig. 388.—Amputation Wound Closed with Interrupted Sutures and TubeDrainage Introduced. repeated at intervals of forty-eight hours until the infection sub-sides, at which time horsehair or silk-worm gut drainage (page. Fig 389.—Amputation Wound Dressed, Stump Immobilized on Posterior PaddedSplint and Thigh Extended to Relax Muscles. 193) is used, until the secretion of inflammatory products ceasesto discharge. If the infection is severe, it is best to remove 610 OPERATIOXS ON THE EXTREMITIES entirely the sutures and treat the case as is desc
RM2AFKGEW–. Postoperative treatment; an epitome of the general management of postoperative care and treatment of surgical cases as practised by prominent American and European surgeons. Plate III Shows Complete Closure of the Transversalis Fascia, Con-nective Tissue, and Rectus Muscles by Interrupted Buried CatgutSutures. PLATE IV.. 4 t | 1 Plate IV Illustrates the Flnal Closure of the Incision. The silkworm-gut sutures are first carefully tied, after which the skin edges are care-fully closed by a continuous buttonhole stitch of fine horsehair. POSTOPERATIVE WO I NO SI IT RE, DRAINAGE, AND DRESSINGS. 2
RM2AJD35P–A descriptive catalogue of useful fiber plants of the world : including the structural and economic classifications of fibers . Some of the lilaments resemble horsehair very closely, and, drawn betweenthe thumb and nail of the forelinger, curl as readily as coir. Samples of fiber fromthis palm as well as tow prepared from it were received from the Philippine Islandsand from Victoria, the latter prepared by Dr. Guilfoyle. It is indigenous in north-ern Australia. In Jtlalabar it is called Shunda-pana, in Burma Muibaw, and the Siu-galese name is KUtiil or Kiltool. It is a beautiful tree, growing
RM2AG1YKK–. Annual report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. uspended horsehair stained red. On the sides of the tabletwere tied small round disks made of sections of gourd painted in colors,possibly representing cornflowers. A further description of one ofthese tablets, with an illustration, has been given elsewhere. BEARER OF THE SUN EMBLEM As previously stated, one of the Macilefiya bore on his back a diskrepresenting the sun. It was made of Ijuckskin stretched over a hoopwhich was strengthened ))y a framework of two sticks fastened atright angles. Th
RM2AJB98P–Preparatory and after treatment in operative cases . Fig. 247.—Dressing for Wounds of FaceAbove Nostrils. (Gerster.) dage should be made of oneand a half inch material.Gauze is used for the pur-pose because it is more pli-able than linen and will con-form more readily to theirregular outline of the parts.Wounds of the face healrapidly, the outcome of thevascularity of the part, and,perhaps, also because of thepresence in large quantity ofglandular elements in thissituation, resembling, inthese regards, the scalp.The suture material best em-ployed in this portion of thebody is horsehair or fine
RM2AGB3FP–. Operative surgery. Fig. 726.—Bucks method. Fig. 727.—Bucks method. After the edges of the defect are freshened, the flap is slid carefully intothe gap and united there with horsehair sutures. Weher cured a defective ala with a flap taken from the upper lip, thepedicle being continuous with the columna. The flap was oval, included aportion of the thickness of the lip only, and was slid into the gap andunited with its freshened borders by horsehair sutures. At the end of fourweeks the pedicle was divided and turned upward to improve the sym-metry of the nose. If either ala be absent, and the r
RM2AJCGW3–Plastic surgery; its principles and practice . tures. retaining stitch of horsehair through each side of the mucous membraneof the lip close to, but below, C and C. The lip is transfixed with anarrow-bladed knife at B, and the knife is carried with a sawing sweepin a slight curve to A, where it emerges exactly at the shoulder. The HARELIP AND CLEFT PALATE 267 lip is then divided along the line BC and the tissue outlined by ABC isremoved. The same maneuver is carried out on the opposite side ofthe cleft, the knife passing along the line ABC. As a result we now have two raw surfaces opposed to o
RM2AM4J5D–Modern surgery, general and operative . rial it becomesmoist, acts as a poultice, and thedischarges on the dressing mayundergo decomposition. Drainage is used in all in-fected wounds, in most very largewounds, in wounds to which irri-tant antiseptics have been applied,in cases in which large abnormalFig. 39.—Drainage-tubes: A, Glass; B, rubber. cavities exist, in very fat people, and in individuals whose skin is sothin that we dare not apply firm pressure (see page 57). Drainage, when needed,is obtained by rubber or glass tubes (Fig. 39), by strands of horsehair, silkworm-gut or catgut, by pie
RM2AWY4NB–Annual report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution . r especially; 7i is a prevalent style but is of twodifferent kinds, loose and tight. When tight, the coils are in suchclose contact that no spaces can be detected between them; i isoccasionally seen, both loose and tight. A straight coil i-unningbetween the loops as in i is sometimes used with style h in the sameway, and again a flat piece such as a ribbon of bark takes the placeof this coil. Now and then bands of silk, braids of dyed or naturalbark or horsehair, and formerly strips of beaded sk
RM2AJ6YDD–Plastic surgery; its principles and practice . cast which immobilizesthe arm and head while a flap from the arm is being transferred to the chin. 3. The flapstill attached to the arm and adherent to the chin. Two weeks after operation. time definitely shows a lack of blood supply is, of course, trimmed off. Horsehair and silkworm gut is the suturematerial of choice. Drainage is estab-lished at dependent portions, and thearm is secured in a plaster cast so thatthere is no tension on the flap. In fromten to fourteen days the pedicle is cut,and the arm -is lowered. The scar be-neath the pedicle o
RM2AG9CR2–. Mycenaean Troy, based on Dörpfeld's excavations in the sixth of the nine buried cities at Hissarlik. d Ring from Siiaft-Gkavb IV at Mycenae the chafing of the shin against the great shield. Theywere provided with metal guards, specimens of whichhave been found in the Mycenaean graves. Thegreaves which IlejAaestus made for Achilles wereconstructed of tin. The Mycenaean helmet (rig. 43) was of leather,overlaid with metal. It contained no visor, but wasornamented with a tuft of horsehair (Xo(^o?), horn-like projections (c^aXot), and with knobs of metal((jidXapa). Often the leather helmet was a
RM2AG5NCR–. The American encyclopædia of commerce, manufactures, commercial law, and finance. media, as ^ ter.ng-paper, sand, and the like; whilst tl.e term stram-F, .1 s employed to designate the mere separat ono -the grosser portion, by means of ^^o-i^e mediaflamu-l, horsehair cloth, etc., through which theyflow with considerable rapidity. F. is distin-guished from rhn/irnHon by its mere mechanicalaction, whereas the latter operates by depuration,or ?he subsidence of the suspended substance^or fa!ces arising from their gravity being natu-rally grekter than the fluid with which they aremi/ed, or being
RM2AM1PT9–The Gardener's magazine and register of rural & domestic improvement . nces at ;4i. Improved Mode of h^fg. 101., whereit is only half aninch deep, but itincreases in depth,till it arrives atthe holey wfigs.100. and 101.,wliere it is an inchdeep. Fig. 101.represents the beddetaciied from thepress, to showthe form andcourse of thegroove by whichthe juice runs off.When tlie fruithas been crushed,and has lain aproper time, itmust be put intoa large hair sieve,and when it hasdrained sufficient-ly, it must be laidupon haircloths(made of horsehair) : each clothmust be about ayard and a halflong, by
RM2AM05NC–American practice of surgery : a complete system of the science and art of surgery . aFig. 2S. — Sayres Dressing for Fractured Clavicle. «, First strap; b. firs* and second straps. to the chest with a single turn of a roller bandage. The elbow should be raisedslightly by means of a cushion, to aid in keeping the shoulder pushed upwardand backward. Sayres dressing (Fig. 28) is widely used in this country and elsewhere. Iwould lay stress upon the importance of joining with it the employment of anappropriate axillary pad. Such a pad. made of horsehair or wool, covered withmuslin, should measure 6
RM2AJ71A3–Plastic surgery; its principles and practice . Fig. 649.—Ectropion of the lower lip with involvement of the neck and cheek follow-ing a burn. Duration eight months.— i and 2. Note the greater involvement of the rightside. 3. A close view of the pedunculated flap from the arm sutured to the left cheek,with horsehair stitches still in place.. Fig. 650.—Ectropion of the lower Hp, continued.—i. The cast in place. Note theposition of the arm and freedom of the face and mouth. 2. After removal of the cast,the flap can be seen still attached to the arm before division of the pedicle. 556 PLASTIC SURG
RM2AWMKCW–Sajous's analytical cyclopædia of practical medicine . nflamed it can bekept from ulcerating by insertingcrucial horsehair strands through theabscess from the sound skin; if per-foration of the skin does take placeit soon closes under a dry zinc per-oxide dressing. Chaput (Paris med.,Apr. 22, 1916). Rapid and complete healing is al-ways realized in the writers casesafter excision of tuberculous glandsin the neck, owing to his routine pro-cedure of suturing immediately with-out draining. In more than half ofhis 63 cases the gland burst and pusinundated the field, but his assump-tion that the pu
RM2AFPM7M–. St. Nicholas [serial]. here the wind will move them but not blowthem away. Wads of batting may be nailed to apost or a fence; horsehair may be wedged in asplintered post or a fence board or a branch. Thestuff should not be placed too near the nest, Ishould say at least a hundred feet from it. There are several other birds beside thosenamed above that may be cooperated with in asimilar way, but they are not commonly foundnear home; the king-bird, crested flycatcher,orchard-oriole, and indigo bunting are a few ofthem. One of the illustrations shows a nest thatI helped an indigo bunting to buil
RM2AJJDGY–An introduction to practical chemistry : including analysis . presentedby the number 0.724.1 SECTION I.Specific gravity of solids heavier than water. 145. When the substance is solid and insoluble inwater, its specific gravity may be ascertained in thefollowing manner. Weigh it first in air, taking care 1 See Fowness Manual of Chemistry, p. 3.6* 66 SPECIFIC GRAVITY. to remove any dust or loosely-adheringparticles. Then suspend it by meansof a horsehair, from a hook attached tothe scale-pan, making a small loop atone end of the hair, passing the otherend through it, and inclosing the sub-stance
RM2AG2CET–. The illustrated companion to the Latin dictionary and Greek lexicon; forming a glossary of all the words representing visible objects connected with the arts, manufactures, and every-day life of the Greeks and Romans, with representations of nearly two thousand objects from the antique. usion ; i. e.a fine head of long thick hair ;whence we find the word applied tothe mane of animals (Pallad. iv. 13. 2. Aul. Gell. v. 14. 2.); to the horsehair on the crest of a helmet (Stat.Theb. viii. 389. and Crista) ; andoften connected with such epithets asintonsa (Cic. Tusc. iii. 26.), demissa(Prop. ii.
RM2AFTN3P–. The Pharmaceutical era. le may be used instead of one holding exactly 10 Cc.or 100 Cc, but in such cases the weight of the liquid whichthe bottle holds must be divided by the weight of waterwhich it will hold, while in the former case the divisionis accomplished merely by removing the decimal pointthe required number of places to the left. By the Loss in Weight of a Body Immersed in the liquid.—This method is sometimes known as Gannals Method. A bodyof convenient size, say a small glass stopper, is attachedto a balance beam by means of a horsehair or a fine silkthread and weighed, first in a
RM2AX2KTX–Insects at home; being a popular account of insects, their structure, habits and transformations . ool is carded. With these materials she buildsa sort of low dome, so arranged as to harmonise with sur-rounding objects, and look like a mere swelling of the ground.Mr. F. Smith mentions an instance in which the Bee flew intoa stable, and carried off a quantity of horsehair, which she woveinto a nest as if it had been moss. In order to preserve the. interior from rain, she lines the dome with a coarse wax, similarin nature, though not in quality, to that of the Hive Bee, andunder its protection s
RM2AJDM4A–The century dictionary and cyclopedia, a work of universal reference in all departments of knowledge with a new atlas of the world . d liorshcr yniaked. St. Edm. Con/., 1. 158. II. a. Made of horsehair; covered, filled, orstuffed with horsehair: as, horsehair covering;a horsehair mattress. horsehair-lichen (horshar-liken), it. Sameas horsctail-licheii. horsehair-worm (horshar-werm), n. A hair-worm or gordiiis. See cut under Gordius. horsehead (horshed), ». 1. A fish of the ge-nus Selene or the genus Vomer; a moonfish ordollar-fish, as Selene roiner or Vomer setipinnis.See cut in next column.—
RM2AXG6T0–The New England magazine . 1 Embankment constructed by Nebuchadnezzar, King of Babylon. Each of its large square bricks bears his name and title BAGDAD, HOME OF SINDBAD 183. A Bagdad woman driving buffalo to water from his donkey when meeting a Moslem inthe street; yet as a survival of the old regu-lation he wears a turban about the fez, andhis wife, concealed in her dark blue gownwhich is interwoven with silver, hides herface behind the horsehair, vizor-like veil.No more superstitious creature exists thanthe Bagdad Jew. Thirty-five years ago hewas excommunicated for sending his chil-dren to s
RM2AXG6GJ–The New England magazine . buffalo to water from his donkey when meeting a Moslem inthe street; yet as a survival of the old regu-lation he wears a turban about the fez, andhis wife, concealed in her dark blue gownwhich is interwoven with silver, hides herface behind the horsehair, vizor-like veil.No more superstitious creature exists thanthe Bagdad Jew. Thirty-five years ago hewas excommunicated for sending his chil-dren to school, and when under the ban noone might feed him or give him work. Hiswife may not look into a mirror, nor sweep the floor, nor bring a saucepan into thehouse after dar
RM2AFYHB7–. St. Nicholas [serial]. lo-cated all over the skinin some fishes, in thefins in others, and thesense of smell, strong-ly developed in someforms of submarinelife, also must be aidsto communication. These queer loca-tions of the sense oftaste have recentlybeen very carefullystudied. VERY DRV. a worm —not a horsehair turned to a snake. Broadmoor, Colorado Springs, Col. My dear St. Nicholas : I was wading in one ofour mountain streams a few days ago, and would oftenreach in the water before me with a stick. As I liftedthe stick from the water, a queer little black thing, abouteight inches long, h
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