21. In some cases the scalpel is heated to provide a cauterizing effect, limiting bleeding. 22. The stub was subsequently cauterized with fire. 23. Some are so cauterizing that you have to taste them on the tip of a toothpick. 24. Seventy years ago, RF energy was first used as a cauterizing device for general surgery. 25. Coons saw the letter as a betrayal and it cauterized the doctors'distrust of Baldwin. 26. Lasers are now commonly used to vaporize cancerous tumors, cauterize ulcers and open blocked arteries. 27. Such a technique could be a welcome or even lifesaving option when cauterizing is too dangerous. 28. The ulcer was cauterized but was considered unstable, and doctors planned to look again later. 29. His hands have been cut off and cauterized into stumps and his eyes have been removed. 30. When he stands and fights, they say, Rossin sticks around to cauterize and heal.