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Ligatures are seldom necessary for the arrest of hæmorrhage unless the larger branches are injured, as the bleeding from smaller twigs is arrested by the sutures.

From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander

Ligatures, similar to the earlier amulets, a heritage from the northern pagan races, were freely applied for the prevention and cure of maladies.

From Three Thousand Years of Mental Healing by Cutten, George Barton

Strong Ligatures should be made about the Thighs under the Ham: By this Means the Blood is prevented in its Ascent from the Legs, and less is carried up to the Head.

From Advice to the people in general, with regard to their health by Tissot, S. A. D. (Samuel Auguste David)

Ligatures are also used, as for example, one across the forehead to remove headache.

From Narrative of the Voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake, Commanded By the Late Captain Owen Stanley, R.N., F.R.S. Etc. During the Years 1846-1850. Including Discoveries and Surveys in New Guinea, the Louisiade Archipelago, Etc. to Which Is Added the Account of Mr. E.B. Kennedy's Expedition for the Exploration of the Cape York Peninsula. By John Macgillivray, F.R.G.S. Naturalist to the Expedition. — Volume 2 by MacGillivray, John

Besides these Remedies there are also actual and potential Cauteries, or simple Ligatures, which are infallible.

From The Compleat Surgeon or, the whole Art of Surgery explain'd in a most familiar Method. by Le Clerc, Charles Gabriel