Antiseptic therapeutics / by E.L. Trouessart ; translated by E.P. Hurd.

  • Hurd E. P. (Edward Payson), 1838-1899.
Date:
1893
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Credit: Antiseptic therapeutics / by E.L. Trouessart ; translated by E.P. Hurd. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    elbow must be rendered aseptic, then greased with borated vaselin. Lastly, when all is completed, there should be an antiseptic lavage of the vulva, vagina, and uterine cavity. Tarnier, in one of his recent obstetrical lectures, has shown the brilliant results which have followed antiseptic midwifery: Eight years ago [in the Ma- ternity], out of 1340 lying-in women there were 33 deaths (a mortality of 2.50 per 100); to-day, with more rigid antiseptic care, the mortality has fallen to 1.04 per 100. [Much more startling statistics could be fur- nished, if it were deemed necessary to compare pres- ent practice with the old-time practice. In fact, in all our leading lying-in hospitals, puerperal fever, once such a scourge, is nearly exterminated.] Tarnier employs in his Maternity corrosive sublimate (1:5000); sulphate of copper (5:1000); per- manganate of potash (Yz gramme per 1000); phenic acid (20:1000); and lastly, microcidine (4:1000). He prefers the latter as the best known antiseptic after corrosive sublimate. ANTISEPSIS IN OPERATIVE GYNAECOLOGY. The antiseptic precautions which concern the operator, his assistants, and his instruments, are the same as in instrumental obstetrics, and need not here be repeated. ,