Application of the button suture to the treatment of varicose dilatation of veins.

  • Bozeman, Nathan G., 1825-1903.
Date:
[1860]
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Credit: Application of the button suture to the treatment of varicose dilatation of veins. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    APPLICATION OF THE BUTTON SUTURE Varix, scarcely need 1 say, lias engaged the attention’of surgeons since the time of Hippocrates to the present day. There are, indeed, many living surgeons, whose names I could mention, commencing with those of Sir Benjamin Brodie and Velpeau, who have paid special attention to the subject, and who, as is well known, have pre- sented it in all its bearings. Had I the time and inclination, it would be interesting to set forth the views of these eminent teachers, as to the causes and pathology of this disease, before entering upon the treatment; but as this part of the subject is treated so fully in every systematic work upon surgery, I shall pass on to the latter, with the object of offering a few practical remarks in reference to the em- ployment of silver ligatures. In calling attention to this principle of treatment, which, so far as 1 know, has not been done heretofore, I appeal only to a few results, based upon my own experience. Lot us, then, first inquire, what are the objects of an operation in the radical treatment of varix ; and wha't the dangers attending such an operation ? The treatment, according to the best authors upon the subject, is divided into palliative and radical. Every one knows in what consists TO THE TREATMENT OF VARICOSE DILATATION OF VEINS.