ZIGZAG SUTUEE. 



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Fig. 195.— Twisted Suture. Fiq. 196.— Anotlier. 



Some veterinarians, in making this compound pin suture, prefer 

 the use of elastic rings to that of the circular or figure 8 threads. 

 We have personally used these rings with very satisfactory 

 results. 



8. Zigzag Suture (Fig. 197). — This is a continued suture in 

 which the thread is made to cross and re>-cross from one border of 

 the wound to the other. The procediu-e is as f oUows : a needle 

 carrying a long thread is passed through one edge of the wound 

 from without inward, and through the other in a straight direc- 

 tion from within outward. Starting with the same thread, a sec- 

 ond stitch is taken at some distance from the first, and on the 

 same side of the wound on which the first was ended, a second 

 stitch is made by passing the needle from vnthout inward, and 

 back from vrithin outward, to reach the side of the wound where 

 the first stitch was started at an equal distance from it. The re- 

 mainiag stitches are, of course, made in the same manner. 



This suture has been recommended for the treatment of um- 

 bilical hernia in solipeds. 



9. Suture of the Furrier. — This is performed with a needle and 

 a long thread, which is alternately passed through the edges of 

 the wound from without and from withia. It is also a continuous 



Fig. 197.— Zigzag Suture. 



Fig. 198.— Suture of the Furrier. 



