Operative surgery . ^ II ^w,^ ^ The different kinds of portaUe (page 113) and of fixed sterilizers for office and hospital work, with adetailed statement of their management, can be pur-chased at the depots for surgical supplies. A tin-smith can make a serviceable one by fitting within acopper receptacle of suitable size and with a movabletop, a perforated tin tray upon which the instru-ments are placed and immersed within the fluid inthe copper vessel and boiled. If the number of assistants le limited^ or if theybe inexperienced or careless in shifting the instru-ments to and from the fluid d
Operative surgery . ^ II ^w,^ ^ The different kinds of portaUe (page 113) and of fixed sterilizers for office and hospital work, with adetailed statement of their management, can be pur-chased at the depots for surgical supplies. A tin-smith can make a serviceable one by fitting within acopper receptacle of suitable size and with a movabletop, a perforated tin tray upon which the instru-ments are placed and immersed within the fluid inthe copper vessel and boiled. If the number of assistants le limited^ or if theybe inexperienced or careless in shifting the instru-ments to and from the fluid during the operation,the receptacles can be so placed as to allow the oper-ator to take charge of this duty himself. In orderthat this demand can be properly and promptly met, the author has deviseda rotary framework on which are firmly placed several receptacles for instru-ments (Fig. 56), which are brought into use by turning the platform onwhich the receptacles are placed, as occasion requires. The fluids in these. Fig. 56.—Authors rotaryreceptacle. THE GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS. 53 receptacles can be readily discharged when necessary through a rubber tubeadjusted to a spigot in the corner of each. This apparatus is too cumber-some for use in other than office or hospital work. The Operating Table.—The securing of light, freedom of action, andcleanliness in operations require that the patient be placed on some form ofoperating table during these procedures. If the operation be trivial, it isbetter not to excite the apprehensions of the patient and friends by un-necessary preparations, but, instead, to utilize for the purpose the ordinarycouch or lounge that is at hand in most instances. However, the opera-tions that require the free use of anaesthesia and fluids, careful observa-
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