Note 51 — PART SECOND. OF PARTICULAR SURGICAL SUBJECTS. (continued 8)

[My own experience does certainly not accord, in this instance, with that of the distinguished author. I can recall to mind at least six or eight cases, several of them in delicate females in dilapidated health, in none of which I used less than two ligatures, and in some as many as three or four, without any serious consequences whatever. When the tumours are numerous, it can never be necessary to tie more than three or four at a time, since the inflammation thus induced generally extends to those around and effects their obliteration. It is always preferable, indeed, to repeat the operation, than to run the risk of producing too much irritation.—ED.]