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mucous coat of the bo\\'el, and to tuck the edges in neatly. 

 A \'ery fine round needle and silk No. o oi" oo should be 

 used. 



Mr. Cecil French, D.\'.S., of Washington, has originated a 

 \'ery ingenious and practical scheme by which t^^•o hairpins 

 are utilized to facilitate anastomosis. By this method two 

 hairpins are taken and bent to the shape shown in Fig. 132, 



3 



Fig. 132. — Two Hairpins clamped on the Intestine in Position for 



Operation. 



three or four pairs of pressure forceps being necessary to act 

 as clamps. 



French recommends^ a No. 8 or No. 9 size of milliners' 

 needle, and No. 2 size of black sewing silk. Great care is 

 taken that no mesenteric \'essels are obliterated other than 

 those supplying the area of intestine it is intended to remove. 

 The area to be resected is carefully mapped out, the mesen- 



1 Journal of Comparative Medicine and Veierina?y Archives, 1902, 

 p. 162. 



