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Title: Maryland medical journal
Year: 1889 (1880s)
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Subjects: Medicine Medicine
Publisher: (Baltimore, Md. : s.n.)
Contributing Library: The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Historical Medical Library
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over the Abbering is that this holds its form, whilethe catgut ring is liable to twist andgive some trouble in its application.These plates are being used by Ur.Deaver and my brother upon some dogs,and later they will make a report oftheir observations. Dr. II. M. Weeks exhibited AN ANTISEPTIC LIGATURE BOX. This box is presented to the profession(or pre>erving and carrying ligaturesthat nave been prepared and rendereda-^ptic or antiseptic, enabling the ope-rator to cut hi.- ligaturea and suture, atthe time of operating, without dangerof soiing or infecting the portion notrequired for immediate use. It is madeof a fine quality of earthenware, thussecuring strength and durability; atthe same time it is light, compact, orna-mental ; aud last, but not least, it can MARYLAND MEDICAL JOURNAL 411 be furnished at at a price that willenable every one practising surgeryto provide himself with one or more. The box can be had in any color desired,or with any decoration the consumermay wish. Q
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The accompanying cut represents thedifferent parts as follows : The box is round, four inches indiameter and two inches high, with anoutside cover, No. 3, that is held inposition by a neat clamp, No. 1, which,when adjusted, is prevented from slip-ping by a slot on either side of the bandor flange at the top of the box, the screwholding the cover tightly down uponthe rubber washer, No. 3, which en-circles the top, and renders the box ab-solutely air and fluid tight, so that theligatures can be carried constantly inany solution desired without any dangerof leakage. The inner cover, No. 4, is a flat diskwith a slot cut in the edge to allow it tobe placed in position, and held by twosmall catches placed on opposite sidesof the box; the small knob in thecentre serves to turn and place and re-move the cover. There are four holesperforating this cover for the four sizesof silk generally used, and half an inchfrom the ed^e of these is a raised band,also, perforated, for the silk to pass, thus

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