SUTURES

stitches in surgery; are removed when of wire, silk, horsehair; absorbed when of catgut. VICH (1729-1800), Ru . soldier; rose in Seven Years War; captured Cracow, 1768; won fame against Turks, especially at Kosludscki, 1774; sacked Is mail with great cruelty, 1790; reduced Warsaw, 1794; won brilliant victories against French in Italy.