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bodies, and cannot be removed till they have ulcerated through the 
tied vessels. 
3d, The ligature inevitably produces ulceration, suppuration, and 
gangrene at each arterial point at which it is applied ; whilst the 
closure of arterial tubes by acupressure is not attended by any such 
severe and morbid consequences. 
4th, The chances, therefore, of the union of wounds by the first 
intention should be much greater under the arrestment of surgical 
haemorrhage by acupressure than by the ligature. 
5th, Phlebitis, Pyaemia, &c., or, in other words, traumatic or 
surgical fever, seem not unfrequently to be excited by the unhealthy 
local suppurations and limited sloughings which are liable to be set 
up in wounds by the presence and irritation of the ligatures. 
6th, Such dangerous and fatal complications are less likely to be 
excited by the employment of acupressure, seeing the presence 
of a metallic needle has no such tendency to create local suppura- 
tions and sloughs in the wound, such as occur in the seats of arterial 
ligatures. 
And 7th, Hence, under the use of acupressure, we are entitled to 
expect both, first, that surgical wounds will heal more kindly and 
close more speedily; and, secondly , that surgical operations and in- 
juries will be less frequently attended than at present by the disas- 
trous effects and perils of surgical fever. 
The following Donations to the Library were announced:— 
Transactions of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh. Vol. VI., Part 
II. 8 vo. — From the Society. 
Monthly Notices of Astronomical Society. Vol. XX., No. 1. 8vo. 
—From the Society. 
Proceedings of the Linnean Society. Vol. IV., No. 15. 8vo. — 
From the Society. 
Canadian Journal. September and November 1859. 8vo. — From 
the Publishers. 
Journal of Statistical Society. December 1859. 8vo. — From the 
Transactions of the Boyal Medical and Chirurgical Society of 
London, 1859. 8vo. — From the Society. 
Madras Journal of Literature and Science. April to September 
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