Hints on the antiseptic management of wounds : listerism / by Francis M. Caird.

  • Caird, Francis M., 1853-
Date:
1880
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Credit: Hints on the antiseptic management of wounds : listerism / by Francis M. Caird. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    \ lotion squeezed out of them, are laid, the one over the genitals and the other so as to overlap the blanket which covers the upper part of the patient's body. ^ In^ thjs / way a sort of antiseptic basis is provided over which the I spray plays, and on which we may lay sponges and I instruments with safety during the operation.}^ If neces- sary, the pubis may be shaved, and this, together with a preliminary purification, may be done before the patient Cleaves the ward. 1 The surgeon now washes his hands in the lotion—not a mere dip as if he were afraid to carry the smell away with him, but a thorough cleansing,] especially aiotnTd the flexures and fi-ng^-nails.^ The b^h of 1-2&1S then held, during the operation,^!ose to^he vici;nity of the wound, so that the assistams may purify their hands, or any instruments should they inadvertently be carried beyond the area of the spray.\ The ^pray is now turned on, and the operation pro- ceeds. ( The sponges are passed as required, wrung out of 1-46 lotion, and, as the dresser receives the dirty ones, he squeezes them into a pail standing at hand, then washes them in the 1-40 lotion, and wrings them dry as wanted. When the sponges are required very quickly, a relay may lie on the towel covered by the spray, but I on no account should we have a store of them lying \ exposed to the air before passing; one simply courts \ failure by so doing, j I The ligatures may be cut as required ; the surgeon is ni9t at liberty to have a stock attached to his button- hole, or to carry a dozen in his mouth, and yet claim to carry out most rigid antiseptic precautions.} The tumour has now been removed; 'the bleeding checked by ligatures which are cut short: we have now /