War nursing : what every woman should know Red Cross lectures / by Charles Richet ; translated by H. de Vere Beauclerk.

  • Charles Richet
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[1918]
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Credit: War nursing : what every woman should know Red Cross lectures / by Charles Richet ; translated by H. de Vere Beauclerk. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    of antiseptics. Each resists the action of the poison differently. (generally speaking, the pathogenic microbe.s—that is to say, those that are liable to pullulate rapidly and to create disease offer, fortunately, far less resistance to antiseptic agencies than the non-pathogenic kinds. 5. Antiseptics which coagulate the albuminoids of the body are bad antiseptics. In coagulating they unite, often without annihilating, whole masses of microbes, which remain in the wound with all their virulence unimpaired. 6. Antiseptics are usually less dangerous the more volatile they are. When they are fixed, as it is impos¬ sible to avoid their being absorbed, they can, once they are absorbed, only be ehminated from the system with great difficulty. Not having time to go into the detailed action of various antiseptics, I must be satisfied with indicating the following : 1. Iodized wdteT that is, water containing 5 per cent, tincture of iodine. 2. MeTcuvial salts, at a dose of a thousandth part, are all disinfectants, powerful parasite-killers, but their use is not without risk. Cyanide of mercury is prefer¬ able to mercuric chloride. It is active at 1 per 10,000. 3. Oxygenated water, the hypochlorites (of soda, potash, or lime), permanganate of potash, picric acid, iodoform, are all substances easy to handle, and ex¬ cellent antiseptics. 4. At stronger doses, phenol, camphorated alcohol, and boracic acid, offer in special instances very remark¬ able advantages. It is for the surgeon operating to decide on the anti¬ septics he uses. I should recommend in a general way.
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