For Cauterizing the wound, fuming nitric acid, the hot iron, and 10 per cent solution of zinc chlorid are the most efficacious.
"Special Report on Diseases of Cattle"
U.S. Department of Agriculture J.R. Mohler
I should have to stay a week with you to refresh myself in your affectionate strength; for cold and purely philosophical courage to me, is like Cauterizing a wooden leg.
"The George Sand-Gustave Flaubert Letters"
George Sand, Gustave Flaubert Translated by A.L. McKensie
So he advocated ceasing the practice of Cauterizing wounds.
"Our Legal Heritage"
S. A. Reilly