The perineal wound is left unsutured to heal by
second intention.
Dehiscence of incision was serious problem following maxillectomy although conservative therapy is usually effective and wounds heal by
second intention (Bichard, 1990).
One was left to heal by
second intention, and one case was repaired by a dorsal metacarpal artery flap.
Surgical removal of the bursa can result in an excellent outcome but is not without risk since wound healing problems such as infection; dehiscence and healing by
second intention may result in an unacceptable cosmetic appearance (Honnas et al., 1995).
To fully appreciate Poinsot's insight on this point it is perhaps best to note how representative being differs in first and
second intention. Unlike the impressed species, which can never be directly known, representative being can indeed become an object of the intellect through an act of reflection or in
second intention.
This confirmation of the relational bonding of knower with the known is maintained by the latter in terms of the origin and function of language, the nature of instrumental and formal signification, and the role of the concept within first and
second intention (pp.
A "
second intention" is a concept of something consequent upon that first knowledge.