| Show A in StIr surgery gery assistant rolice sw burgeon geon daigneau neau ia U elated over a novel and valuable discovery which tie 6 has made in surgery it la is a new now method of treating scalp wounds and Is 1 as simple as it Is effective when a person suffering buffering from a scalp wound applies at the receiving hospital tor for treatment dr chaia nean netto does not shave the patients head nor stitch and bandage tho the wound lie ile merely gather gathers a small tuft of lair hair on cither either elile side of the wound and draw draws each in opposite daive directions and across each other forming nn an angle directly aver the mouth of the wound the lips of the wound ore an thereby drawn as close together as 09 it if they were stitched the next step is to tie the tufte tufts of hair with a silk thread around the angle formed by the Janc juncture ture these knots of hair are made at intervals as tar far apart as the ordinary stitches fila iu a wound tho the tutta are kepton kept in position until the wound heals and while this process is going on any pus that may form can escape tho the discovery is of value for the reason that the stitching of ofa a scalp wound w Is in that 1 ic is likely to irritate te the flesh the fact that it does doos not necesis essi tate the shaving sharing of the bead head enhances the value of the discovery because tho the wound or 9 scar can call bo be concealed san francisco examiner |
