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tightly, or inflammation and suppuration will follow; nor must the 



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Fig. ■~o. 

 Tying the thread in making a knot. 



^F 



Fig. 29. 



Long and short stitch in making 



a suture. 



knot be allowed to come directly over the wound. The reef-knot, Fig. 30, 

 is the one commonly tied, though, when there is a tendency to gaping in 



Fig. 33. 

 Glasshead shawl pin. 



Fig. 32. 

 Twisted suture. 



the wound a regular surgical knot. Fig. 31, should be used. The threads 



