Antiseptic surgery; its principles, practice, history, and results.

  • Cheyne, William Watson, Sir, 1852-1932.
Date:
1882
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Credit: Antiseptic surgery; its principles, practice, history, and results. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    — Carholisrd caffpit- Mr. Litsfcr'a earholtsi'd chromic catf/nt—Dr. J\fac- Ewcn's chromic catf/iit — Caft/iit troiir/h a)id j/ochct caxc: Carbolised silk: Protective: Carbolic gauze—Composition—Method of preparation—Yon lirun\'< gauze: Macintosh : Sponges : Boracic acid—Boracic lotion— Boradc lint—Boracic ointment: Salicylic acid —SalicijUc acid, cream. ■—Salici/Uc ointment: Chloride of zinc: Iodoform : Carbolised cotton wool 52 CHAPTER IV. ASEPTIC SURGERY [confinned). Example of an aseptic operation : Purification of the skin—Fingers — Instruments: Spray—Precautions—Probable errors, and mode of re- medying them : Guard : Ligature of arteries : Drainage of wounds— India-rubber tubes—Catgut drains —Horse hair—Decalcified bone tubes (Neuber's and MacBwen's) : Sutures: Button stitches—Stitches of re- laxation—Stitches of coaptation—Aseptic strapping—Protective : DeeiJ dressing : Loose gauze: Gauze dressing : Elastic bandage. Changing THE DRESSINGS—Time—Method. Treatment of ulcers : Purifica-* tion of the sore: Boracic dressing: Boracic and salicylic ointment : Boracic poultice 67 CHAPTER V. ASEPTIC SURGERY (cOUtintieJ). Special dressings: Head dressfiiigs : Neck dres.tings : Bread dresKinfiK— Abscess of mamma—Excision of mamma alone—Excision, of mamma, and axillary glands: Axillary dressings: Dressings on the limhs : Dressings for psoas abscess: Lumbar abscess: Hip-joint abscess : Dressings in cases of hernia a7id operations on the scrotum: Excisions of joints. AsejDtic treatment of abscesses. Chief points to be con- sidered in opening abscesses—Method of opening abscesses—Drainage of absresscs—After-treatment of abscesses—Empyema—Perineal and anal abscesses. Treatment of wounds produced accidentally : Problem to be solved—Purification of wound—Further treatment of the n'ound. Special wounds: Compound fractures: Wounds innolring tendons, nerves, <^'c.: Wounds of joints : Compound fr act w'es of the skull: Pene- trating wounds of the thorax: Wounds of the abdomen. Putrid sinuses and wounds. Treatment cf burns. Treatment of gangrene. Treat- ment of na;vi and varicose veins ........ 0(5 CHAPTER VL ASEPTIC SURGERY—MODIFICATIONS. Country practice : How to dispense with the spray during the operation— and during the aft:;-: '^-eatment: How to render the ilreasings less fre-