His favorite treatment for wounds was wine, and he knew that he succeeded by means of it in securing union by first intention.
The expression union by first intention comes to us from the olden time.
They investigated the causes of the failure of healing by first intention, recognized the danger of wounds of the neck, differentiated the venereal diseases, described rabies, and knew much of blood poisoning, and operated very skilfully.
Almost more surprising than the question of dropsy is the investigation as to the causes of the failure of healing by first intention.
The significance of dropsy, suture of divided nerves, healing by first intention.
They insisted that if a surgeon made a wound through an unbroken surface and did not secure union by first intention, it was usually his own fault.
These are, union by first intention, and anaesthesia.
He discusses healing by first and second intention, and declares that with proper care the healing of a great many wounds by first intention can be secured.
In the matter of wound healing, he investigated the causes of the failure of healing by first intention, and expressed on this subject some marvelous ideas that are supposed to be of late nineteenth century origin.
Perhaps the most surprising thing is to find that William of Salicet, in discussing his {394} cases, suggested that sometimes he succeeded in obtaining union by first intention by keeping his wounds clean.
Alas for the surgery of succeeding centuries, Guy de Chauliac, a greater mechanical genius than William, insisted that union by first intention was an illusion and that it could only come through pus formation.
This process was practically incompatible with the ideal form of healing, known as healing by first intention, i.
It was simply the healing of a wound by what is called "first intention.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "first intention" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
