Atonia gastrica (abdominal relaxation) / by Achilles Rose, M.D. and Robert Coleman Kemp, M.D.

  • Achilles Rose
Date:
1905
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Credit: Atonia gastrica (abdominal relaxation) / by Achilles Rose, M.D. and Robert Coleman Kemp, M.D. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The action, however, is not always satisfac- tory, because it often happens that delicate skins are irritated by this large proportion of resin, and eruptions are produced that interfere with the retention of the dressing. Moreover, the resin plaster is not adhesive at the tempera- ture of the human body, and must be heated in order to adhere properly. It may also be made more sticky by slightly brushing the surface with a little chloroform, which dissolves some of the resin. The latter expedient, altho more convenient than that of heating, has been found to increase the tendency to irritation of the skin, already referred to. Rubber adhesive plaster is free from the ob- jections to resin plaster, and is ready for appli- cation without any preparation. These advan- tages have led surgeons of the present day to discard almost entirely the official plaster from their armamentarium, and now when an opera- tor asks for a piece of adhesive plaster, the assistant invariably gives him the rubber adhe- sive without a thought that there may be an- other kind. In fact it is seldom a modern sur- [169]