The cautery was employed for almost every possible purpose in ancient times : as a counter-irritant, as a haemostatic, as a bloodless knife, as a means of destroying tumours, etc . Later, special medical instruments called "'cauters "'were used to cauterize ligature of the arteries as an alternative to cauterization was later improved and used more effectively by Ambroise Par?
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In chapter twenty-nine, " On cauterization for pleurisy ", he states : Now one of the Ancients mentioned that there were some people who used an iron cautery shaped like a probe, and introduced it red hot into the intercostal space until it reached the abscess itself and evacuated the pus & but in this perforation with the cautery there is a danger either that the patient may die on the spot or that an incurable fistula may raise at the place .
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In chapter twenty-nine, " On cauterization for pleurisy ", he states : Now one of the Ancients mentioned that there were some people who used an iron cautery shaped like a probe, and introduced it red hot into the intercostal space until it reached the abscess itself and evacuated the pus & but in this perforation with the cautery there is a danger either that the patient may die on the spot or that an incurable fistula may raise at the place .
