Medicine on Shabbat: Difference between revisions
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===Stitches=== | ===Stitches=== | ||
# | #A non-Jew is allowed to stitch any wound, even if the stitching is done only for cosmetic reasons.<ref>Minchat Shelomo 2:34-33 and Nishmas Avraham, vol. 4, O.C. 340. See also Shemiras [[Shabbat]] K’hilchasah 33, note 26, and 35, note 65-66.</ref> Some say even a Jew can add extra stitches for cosmetic reasons.<ref>Shemirat Shabbat Kehilchata ch. 33 fnt. 26</ref> A Jew may place a butterfly bandage or steri-strips to close a simple laceration or cut. Surgical skin closure glue may also be used. <ref>The Weekly Halachah Discussion (Rabbi Doniel Neustadt). See [http://www.torah.org/advanced/weekly-halacha/5760/chukas.html].</ref> | ||
===Stopping bleeding=== | ===Stopping bleeding=== | ||
