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Gustav E . Mueller Translated by Robert H . Weidman , ' 31

I I remember a picture in the air and sunlight style of painting of the nineteenth century. In the foreground was to be seen the back of a horse, the head of which the imagination had to add beyond the frame of the picture ; in the background shone colored splotches which 'one could identify as ladies and gentlemen under a tent . But all that was incidental . The main thing was the bright splot...

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We thank Dr Schachner for his interest and comments on our recent experimental findings [1]. The first facet of our study was that although initially (at 1 month), neointima formation in vein grafts was inhibited by perivenous application of fibrin glue at the time of implantation, at 4 months neointimal formation was not significantly different from controls [1]. Dr Schachner has implied that ...

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We appreciate the comments of Drs von Oppell and Rammohan on our article. The definition in our paper relates specifically to deep sternal wound infections and we appreciate that perhaps this is not made abundantly clear in the methodology. Superficial wound infections were defined as those that do not penetrate the subcutaneous tissue layer. The wound may exhibit erythema and a small amount of...