Cases illustrative of the beneficial effects of the clorurets of oxides of sodium and calcium, of the Chevalier Labarraque, of Paris : being the most powerful and effectual general and local antiseptics in the practice of physic and surgery / by J. G. F. Hassel.

  • Hassel J. G. F.
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[1827]
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Credit: Cases illustrative of the beneficial effects of the clorurets of oxides of sodium and calcium, of the Chevalier Labarraque, of Paris : being the most powerful and effectual general and local antiseptics in the practice of physic and surgery / by J. G. F. Hassel. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    sented a most frightful and alarming aspect. It was fomented with a mixture of one part of the Chloruret of Sodium and twelve parts of tepid water, by which the putrid smell was subdued in a few seconds, to the great surprise of the attendants and patients present in the sick ward. The whole cavity of this enormous wound was filled up with fine dry soft % French lint, over which two or three ounces of the ' # concentrated Chlorure of Sodium were sprinkled ; a large thick compress and bandage completed the dressing, which was saturated with the diluted mixture of the Chloruret in the proportions as above- mentioned. On the following morning the offensive odour of the wound was considerably lessened, and a vast deal of foetid matter was again dis- charged. To the dressing adhered not only the sloughy integuments, but also a large mass of disorganized cellular substance, muscular fibres, and veins, which came away without much resistance, by hooking it out with the assistance of the finger. This corrupted fleshy mass weighed upwards of a pound. The wound was then treated as before, and the same plan was pursued for several successive