... the bladder, or was an accidental sieve. Galen set out to test this with a public experiment on an anesthetized pig, which had been given water prior to the operation. He opened up the pig, ligated (tied knots in) its ureters, and they started to balloon and the bladder stayed empty. Squeezing the ureter failed to reverse the flow back into the kidney. When one ureter was cut, urine came out. ...

... for help and said we'd stand our ground. Which is what we're doing." John managed to glare at him. Rodney figured that meant it wasn't too bad. He still took a look at the wound and ligated it. John was biting his lip. No sound was coming from his mouth. Ever the stoic one. There were shots coming from further away. "Looking for someone?" they heard Ronon through the ...

... tissue using heat conduction from a metal probe heated by electric current (much like a soldering iron). The procedure is used to stop bleeding from small vessels (larger vessels being ligated) or for cutting through soft tissue. Unlike electrocautery, electrosurgery is based on generation of heat inside tissue, using electric current passing through the tissue itself. In short, the warts are ...

... were trimmed and freshened. The left testis had been avulsed and was missing. The stump of thespermatic cord was recovered at the inguinal canal, debrided, and the vessels ligated properly, though not much of a hematoma was present. Through-and-through Penrose drains were sutured loosely in site, and the skin was loosely closed. Convalescence was uneventful, and before his release from ...