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Definition of Cauteries
1. cautery [n] - See also: cautery
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cauteries
Literary usage of Cauteries
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Electricity in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Diseases of the Nose, Throat by William Scheppegrell (1898)
"THE electro-cauteries are made of platinum soldered into copper wires of different
lengths and shapes (Fig. 89), according to whether they are to be used ..."
2. The Retrospect of Medicine by William Braithwaite (1851)
"CHEMICAL REMEDIES—CAUSTICS—Cauteries. By Dr. DOUGLAS MACLAGAN. To open Abscesses.—There
can be no doubt that in nineteen cases out of twenty the proper way ..."
3. A system of practical surgery by William Fergusson (1870)
"Cauteries. ISSUES. SETONS. SOME notice of certain means of practice and minor
operations (as they are usually called) may be more conveniently introduced ..."
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