Essentials of surgery, together with a full description of the handkerchief and roller bandage : arranged in the form of questions and answers prepared especially for students of medicine / by Edward Martin.

  • Edward Martin
Date:
[1900],1909
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Credit: Essentials of surgery, together with a full description of the handkerchief and roller bandage : arranged in the form of questions and answers prepared especially for students of medicine / by Edward Martin. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    2. Bemove organisms from the wound, before they can work harm, by irrigation. 3. Destroy organisms^ by bichloride or other germicides. 4. Bemove the soil in which organisms can flourish, by free drainage. 5. Prevent the formation of favorable soil^ by avoiding tension or unnecessary manipulation, and by careful dry dressing. What is the distinction between antiseptic and aseptic ? Ase])tic means germ free; antiseptic means germ destroying. The surgeon who does not practise antisepsis cannot procure asepsis. An aseptic wound is the result of antiseptic treatment. Dressings sterilized by heat have undergone as thorough anti- septic treatment as those saturated with bichloride. By an aseptic dressing is meant the application oi suhstsinces previously sterilized, but containing, at the time of application, no germ- destroying agents. Antiseptic dressings contain germ destroying agents. By the term aseptic operation we mean an opera- tion conducted with cleanliness, but without the introduction of a chemical germicide into the wound. Shock. What is shock? A lowering of the vital powers consequent on profound mental or physical impression. Shock is a vaso-motor paralysis, affect- ing also the heart, and chiefly the abdominal vessels. What are the causes of shock ? 1. Pmceiful mental impjressions, joy, grief, and fear. 2. Mechanical injury; traumatism, especially of the abdomen; burns, scalds, cold; gunshot, lacerated, and contused wounds. As predisposing causes can be classed all conditions which cause enfeeblement of the resisting powers. Instance, Bright'a disease, sedentary occupation, and hemorrhage. What are the symptoms of shock ? Pulse first slow, then rapid, feeble, compressible, and scarcely perceptible. Temperature sub-normal.