They were skilled in folk medicine and first aid, such as suturing wounds. From Wordnik.com. [Why We've Let Things Get This Far] Reference
Also, wonder if JN was given a lesson in "suturing" by a pro ...?. From Wordnik.com. [Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch] Reference
Will you do internal repair and double-layer suturing?. From Wordnik.com. [Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Newborn] Reference
"You don't want me suturing you without an anesthetic.". From Wordnik.com. [Spin] Reference
Consider cervical cerclage surgical suturing of the cervix. From Wordnik.com. [Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Newborn] Reference
I happened to be suturing one of the novices in the kitchen. From Wordnik.com. [Son of a Witch]
He actually did some suturing on that whole array and fixed it. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 7, 2007] Reference
The wound itself was superficial, though it would need suturing. From Wordnik.com. [Spin] Reference
See chapter 3, footnote 14, for a discussion of image-text suturing. From Wordnik.com. [Notes, Mitchell, "Ekphrasis and the Other"] Reference
You have invented a new method of suturing lesions in blood-vessels. From Wordnik.com. [Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1912 - Presentation Speech] Reference
You must then instantly pass me the gland and start suturing at once. From Wordnik.com. [The Heart Of A Dog]
I am occasionally called upon to excise a boil or do simple suturing. From Wordnik.com. [Break No Bones]
AMIR: Now we do surgical intervention for suturing of her wound on the face. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 12, 2005] Reference
BRIDE: A policeman had a cut on his legal and it required a little suturing. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 4, 2005] Reference
The advisability of suturing the wound depends on its character and location. From Wordnik.com. [Common Diseases of Farm Animals] Reference
• Accidental surgical cuts, sometimes severe enough to require suturing.1,28. From Wordnik.com. [The Official Lamaze® Guide] Reference
The forvalaka left deep claw wounds which required careful and skillful suturing. From Wordnik.com. [The Black Company]
Where extensive suturing of tissues has been necessary, subjects must be kept quiet. From Wordnik.com. [Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1] Reference
Michael looked up from a cut hand he was suturing and eyed Earl over a pair of bifocals. From Wordnik.com. [Mortal Remains]
I think his use of animals was to practice making incisions and suturing on live tissue. From Wordnik.com. [Firedoglake » Late Nite FDL: There’s Someone Here to See You, Dr. Frist] Reference
But a new device offers faster, simpler sterilization without the usual suturing or cauterizing. From Wordnik.com. [To Snip Or To Clip?] Reference
I could be suturing a laceration, when an obese patient could ask me out-of-the-blue for a referral. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-08-01] Reference
The thought of having to tie a square knot terrifies me so I try not to do any suturing at all, ever. From Wordnik.com. [First Time for Everything] Reference
The man is not in a serious condition but is understood to have bruising and injuries requiring suturing. From Wordnik.com. [Israel flotilla attack: Briton injured] Reference
He took out a dog's kidney and transplanted it into the neck, suturing the blood-vessels by means of Payr tubes. From Wordnik.com. [Alexis Carrel - Nobel Lecture] Reference
I busied myself assembling my wound irrigation and suturing supplies while they recorded the wound for posterity. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-06-01] Reference
And so he picked gravel and dirt from my wounds, suturing and binding as he went, until I looked like a mended rag doll. From Wordnik.com. [Shaman's Crossing]
Alexis Carrel of the Rockefeller Institute, New York, for his work on suturing of vessels and transplantation of organs. From Wordnik.com. [Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1912 - Presentation Speech] Reference
A complete tear within the thickest part of the tendon has to be repaired by suturing two sides of the tendon back together. From Wordnik.com. [New Techniques Tackle] Reference
We meet Dr. Kevin Saunders (David Schwimmer) as a geeky Baylor med student practicing his suturing at home on an uncooked turkey. From Wordnik.com. [A Tempest In A D-Cup] Reference
The operation was concluded by suturing with catgut each muscle and aponeurosis and then the superficial aponeurosis and the skin. From Wordnik.com. [Alexis Carrel - Nobel Lecture] Reference
Out came the suturing supplies: cat gut, pig bristles, a shoemaker's needle, and poultices to prevent infection and aid in healing. From Wordnik.com. [The Damned Thing Out] Reference
A roiling cluster of green worms is spiraling around the ligaments and tendons and bones there, either devouring or suturing or both. From Wordnik.com. [Ilium]
She thought she recognized the suturing; the "Irishman" was probably Doctor O'Reilly, from Dublin, who tended to use blanket-sutures. From Wordnik.com. [The Serpent's Shadow]
The pathologist had finished and was washing his hands at the sink, while the mortuary attendant was busily suturing the gaping wounds. From Wordnik.com. [Hard Frost]
And I'm breaking with realistic traditions of cinematic narration by suturing different elements together to make a multi-temporal piece. From Wordnik.com. [Isaac Julien's angel of Morecambe] Reference
· Examine the border of the mucus membrane: ensure that it has not been torn by the different instruments, and does not require suturing. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 6] Reference
For women with a thicker layer of fat below the skin, a second layer of suturing can help prevent the wound from opening post-operatively. From Wordnik.com. [6 steps to fewer complications after a Cesarean] Reference
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