Note 38 — PART SECOND. OF PARTICULAR SURGICAL SUBJECTS. (continued 5)

[I have been in the habit, for many years, of keeping the edges of incised wounds of the face, forehead, and eyelids, in contact with gold pins finer than the most delicate sewing-needle. They should be from an inch to an inch and a half in length, and be provided with heads of sealing-wax, by which they can be more easily carried across the skin than in any other way. From the materials of which they are composed they are entirely exempt from oxidation, which is not the case with the common needle; and I am convinced, from ample experience, that wounds thus healed are seldom attended with permanent deformity, from the formation of unsightly scars.—ED.]