Silver sutures in surgery : the anniversary discourse before the New York Academy of Medicine, delivered in the new building of the Historical Society on November 18, 1857 / by J. Marion Sims.
- J. Marion Sims
- Date:
- 1858
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Silver sutures in surgery : the anniversary discourse before the New York Academy of Medicine, delivered in the new building of the Historical Society on November 18, 1857 / by J. Marion Sims. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by the National Library of Medicine (U.S.), through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the National Library of Medicine (U.S.)
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![close these by the silver wires, secured by the clamps or leaden bars, and now applied them with the button. The operation in both instances failed. Case VI.-A small fis- tula a, fig. 7, at the neck J ^ -^ || of the bladder; tissue II scanty and indurated; w W button failed, [a, &, line ^8^7^—~~^mf? of union effected by a ^BJy^ distinguished surgeon Fig-7- before her admission to the Woman's Hospital.] Case VII.—Here the injury was at the neck of the bladder, (see fig. 9,);—The button was used, and union took place. Six successive failures * out of seven operations with the silver suture, secured by Dr. B.'s method, was a most astonishing result; and it was but natu- ral to inquire into the cause. I had supposed that his success was due to the button, which was not the case, as the sequel will show. Anxious to test fairly the advantages of this plan of securing the silver wires, I had performed these seven operations in as many days, and the last one was executed before the result in any preceding case was known. * Subsequently cured by the silver wire, as a simple interrupted suture. Since the above was written, Dr. B. has published cases in which his button failed repeatedly in his own hands. 2](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21154302_0021.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
