method of operating
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Bleriot used the Deperdussin method of operating the ailerons with a wheel mounted atop the elevator stick.
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Excision of the Shoulder-Joint.—Before considering the method of operating, a word or two is required on the subject of how much is to be removed, and in what cases the operation should be performed.
From A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners by Bell, Joseph
In June 1865, Mr. Henry Lee described a method of operating which he hoped would unite the benefits of Mr. Teale's method to the ease of performance of the old flap from the calf.
From A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners by Bell, Joseph
The more open the method of operating the better, so that all parts of the joint may be available for inspection.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Thomson, Alexis
Listerism, lis′tėr-izm, n. an antiseptic method of operating introduced by the English surgeon, Lord Lister, born 1827.—v.t.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various