Excerpt from North Carolina Medical Journal, Vol. 1: January, 1878 The first suture is passed through the anterior flap, close along the bottom of the fissure, entered well back, and withdrawn just at the edge of the undenuded strip, which is to form the canal; again made to enter the Opposite lip at a similar point, so as to emerge on the vaginal surface at a point corresponding to the one of entrance in the other lip. Three or four sutures are usually sufficient for each side. A little care is required in passing the one through the crown of the cervix and approximating the edges of the 08. If the sutures for both sides be passed before securing any of them, much difficulty will be avoided. An undue flow of blood may usually be checked bv tightening the tourniquet, when one is used. Should this fail. Twisting of the wire next to the bottom of the angle will easily control it. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.