Antiseptic surgery : its principles, practice, history and results / by W. Watson Cheyne.
- Watson Cheyne
- Date:
- 1882
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Antiseptic surgery : its principles, practice, history and results / by W. Watson Cheyne. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![remains in the interioi' of the joint, while portions of catgut do. Further, it is not absorbable. But it has the same disadvantages as the drainage tubes, and it is not readily retained in the deeper parts of the wound. It is preferred by Mr. Lister to the catgut, but there can be no doubt that the catgut, when used strictly according to Mr, Chiene's directions, and of good quality, is a very efficient method of drainage. It is easy to re-introduce a horse-hair drain if necessary by proceeding in the following manner :■—A sufficient quantity being taken, the bundle is bent at its middle over a probe, and tied dose to the ])xohe by carbolised silk (Fig. 33). In this way, the probe being withdrawn, a blunt compact end is obtained which may be introduced into the wound with ease. ' Of late the principle of absorbable drains has been applied by Dr. Neuber of Kiel ■ in his absorbable drainage tubes. Fig. 32.—The same wound stitched.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b20409928_0111.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
