METHOD OF TYING A SQUARE KNOT

Abstract

The method presented here of tying a square knot will be found to excel all ordinary methods and most, if not all, of the trick ones for the following reasons: It is rapid. It cannot fail to tie square. Only one hand (the right) is directly used. At no time is it necessary to drop either end of the suture—each maneuver leading naturally into the succeeding one without rearranging the grasp. It is adaptable to all purposes and positions. It is simple and easy when the knack is acquired. It is essential to remember that the long end (if there is a choice) should always be grasped by the left hand. In the drawings, for the sake of simplicity, the long end is left free without indicating the left hand. Assuming that the long end comes out of the wound on the far side from the surgeon about to tie