If the bleeding cannot otherwise be arrested it may be necessary to ligate the external carotid artery.
"Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities--Head--Neck. Sixth Edition."
Alexander Miles Alexis Thomson
In a large proportion of the cases operated upon it has been necessary to ligate the carotids and to excise portions of the internal jugular vein, and as severe cerebral symptoms are liable to ensue the mortality has hitherto been high.
"Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities--Head--Neck. Sixth Edition."
Alexander Miles Alexis Thomson
Both these methods, we are told, have been employed by savages; but at the beginning of civilization it became customary to sever the cord with a cutting tool, and the tie thrown round it represents the first attempt of man to ligate blood-vessels.
"The Prospective Mother A Handbook for Women During Pregnancy"
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