The surgery of oral diseases and malformations : their diagnosis and treatment / by George Van Ingen Brown.
- Brown, George van Ingen, 1861-1948.
- Date:
- 1912
Licence: In copyright
Credit: The surgery of oral diseases and malformations : their diagnosis and treatment / by George Van Ingen Brown. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![direct blood transfusion as follows: “It consists in the use of a small silver ring whose surface has two grooves. The ring is held by a self-retaining spring forceps, which greatly facilitates the procedure. The cut end of one of the divided vessels to be anas- tomosed is pushed through the ring and turned back over it like a Cliff (Figs. 5, 6, and 7). This cuffing is very easily done if the open lip of the vessel is caught at three points in its periphery by three tension sutures of fine silk. Fig. 4 Brewer's glas.s cannula: for direct transfusion, showing paraffin coat ing on inner surface. “This cuff is then tied in place by a piece of fine silk in the ])os- terior groove, and the other vessel is pulled over it. Then at once the two vessels are fastened together, intima to intima, by two fine pieces of silver wire, which fit into the two grooves. Silver wire is easy to put in place, and is absolutely certain not to slip; whereas silk, which was tried in the preliminary experiments, and](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28101789_0039.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
