a 5 per cent, carbolic solution, or biniodid of mercury (1:2000). The assistants approximate the iliacs by continued pressure on the hips, and the operator proceeds to suture the tissues with two or three buried sutures and as many superficial ones to keep the parts in perfect apposition. The wound is then covered | irregular and occasionally almost continuous. At the-Downloaded From: by a University of New England Library User on 10/10/2018