Excerpt from Virginia Medical Semi-Monthly (Richmond), Vol. 14: April, 1909-March, 1910, Inclusive; Throroughly Indexed The ligation of hemorrhoids is a popular operation; Allingham and Mathews are its strongest advocates. Allingham draws the pile down and with a pair of sharp scissors separates the pile from its connection with the muscular and submucous tissues; this separation is continued until the base or pedicle is formed of vessels and mucous membrane only. A silk ligature is tied tightly around the pedicle and the pile cut off simple piles drop off after ligature without cutting; skin tabs are cut away. 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.