films these can be pressed and cut into proper sizes to produce the pledget subject of this invention in yet another aspect of the invention a pledget similar to the chitosan based one comprising a partially or fully denatured protein film which may also contain a multivalent metal ion such as fe 3 is used to accentuate the hemostatic effect of the liquid formulation the protein may or may not be acylated with a cyclic anhydride such as glutaric anhydride the protein can be albumin or a soy protein isolate typical examples of the absorbable formulations and their performance are given below which are comprised of methoxypropyl cyanoacrylate mpc a lactide glycolide u03b5 caprolactone copolymeric modifier l1 and polymethoxypropyl cyanoacrylate pmpc that is formed by the free radical polymerization of mpc specific examples for the preparation of representative adhesive formulations and their use as components in hemostatic adhesive systems and their intermediates are also illustrated below first a prepolymer of 90 10 u03b5 caprolactone glycolide copolymer was prepared using decyl alcohol as the initiator and stannous octoate as the catalyst respectively the polymerization was conducted at 170 u00b0 c the resulting polymer was cooled to 120 u00b0 c and a 65 52 mixture of glycolide and dl lactide added when the added monomers dissolved with stirring at about 120 u00b0 c the second stage of the polymerization process was then completed at about 170 u00b0 c trace amounts of unreacted monomer were distilled under reduced pressure at about 110 u00b0 c the resulting product was shown by dsc to.