Street railway accidents : compiled for the use of the Trial department of the New York City railway company / by John J. Moorhead.

  • Moorhead, John J. (John Joseph), 1874-1957.
Date:
[1906]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Street railway accidents : compiled for the use of the Trial department of the New York City railway company / by John J. Moorhead. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Augustus C. Long Health Sciences Library at Columbia University and Columbia University Libraries/Information Services, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the the Augustus C. Long Health Sciences Library at Columbia University and Columbia University.

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    All healing is by: A. First Intention; B. Second Intention; C. Granulation. FIRST INTENTION HEALING (also known as Primary Union) is where the edges of the wound coapt and heal kindly without the presence of pus; most incised wounds heal in this manner. SECOND INTENTION HEALING (also known as Secondary Union) is where the edges do not freely unite and new tissue springs up from the sides and bottom of the wound, pus usually being present; most lacerated wounds heal in this manner. GRANULATION HEALING is where an excessive amount of new tissue forms from the bottom of the wound (this being called scar or granulation tissue), and it later contracts and causes an irregular and ugly raised scar; it follows severe lacerated and punctured wounds. TREATMENT: This can be summed up under the three headings of: A. Bringing the wound edges together by stitches or adhesive plaster or bandages; B. The application of apparatus such as bandages or splints to keep the parts at rest; C. The use of antiseptics to prevent blood poisoning.