Minor surgery, or, Hints on the every-day duties of the surgeon . a more generalapplication in the United States. It consists of acollection of filaments, separated from morsels ofold linen rag, four or five inches square, of loosetexture, and well calculated to absorb. It is di-vided into two kinds, according to the length andfineness of the thread composing it; that which islong and coarse being employed to keep opensinuses, fistulas, and as an outer dressing, whilethe softer, finer kind may be placed in immediatecontact with the part, especially where the surfacerequires stimulation. Variou
Minor surgery, or, Hints on the every-day duties of the surgeon . a more generalapplication in the United States. It consists of acollection of filaments, separated from morsels ofold linen rag, four or five inches square, of loosetexture, and well calculated to absorb. It is di-vided into two kinds, according to the length andfineness of the thread composing it; that which islong and coarse being employed to keep opensinuses, fistulas, and as an outer dressing, whilethe softer, finer kind may be placed in immediatecontact with the part, especially where the surfacerequires stimulation. Various names are given to charpie, accordingto the way in which its fibres are arranged, pre-viously to its application ; thus there is the Plu-masseau, Bourdonnet, Tente, Meche, Boulctte,Tampon, and Pelote; each ofwhich have their peculiar advan-tages. The Plumasseau is a mass of*charpie, the filaments of whichare laid parallel to each other, andthe ends folded under and flat-tened between the palms of thehands, so as to make a thick masswith rounded edges. As thus. MINOR SURGERY. 17 Fig. 3.
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