The Surgery of the Heart and Lungs A History and Resume of Surgical, Conditions Found Therein, and Experimental and Clinical Research in Man and Lower Animals, With Reference to Pneumonotom, Pneumonectomy and Bronchotomy, and Cardiotomy and Cardiorrhaphy

Excerpt from The Surgery of the Heart and Lungs: A History and Resume of Surgical, Conditions Found Therein, and Experimental and Clinical Research in Man and Lower Animals, With Reference to Pneumonotom, Pneumonectomy and Bronchotomy, and Cardiotomy and Cardiorrhaphy

The cross represents the end of a kangaroo tendon which was used to ligate the left coronary artery and vein. (experiment No. 3, page 263) The cross represents the end of a silk ligature about the anterior coronary vessels. (experiment No. 6, page 264) Showing Silk sutures in place. (experiments Nos. 9 and 10, page 266)

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