A manual of the modern theory and technique of surgical asepsis . are frequently used to pre- glass Fig. 39.—Aseptic case for silk sutures. serve sterilized silk. Some surgeons prefer tokeep it in test-tubes stoppered with rubber corkswhich may be carried in an aseptic suture-case 134 SURGICAL ASETSIS. .jrtMi . gnS amipiipi.,, iu •?iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii. jpn lllllT Fig. 40.—Reels ofpolisherl plate glasswith three cuts forvarious sizes of silk. (Fig. 39). Others prefer to keep silk on reelsof polished plate glass (Fig. 40) which can becarried in sterilized paper or linen or in smallmetal b


A manual of the modern theory and technique of surgical asepsis . are frequently used to pre- glass Fig. 39.—Aseptic case for silk sutures. serve sterilized silk. Some surgeons prefer tokeep it in test-tubes stoppered with rubber corkswhich may be carried in an aseptic suture-case 134 SURGICAL ASETSIS. .jrtMi . gnS amipiipi.,, iu •?iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii. jpn lllllT Fig. 40.—Reels ofpolisherl plate glasswith three cuts forvarious sizes of silk. (Fig. 39). Others prefer to keep silk on reelsof polished plate glass (Fig. 40) which can becarried in sterilized paper or linen or in smallmetal boxes. Schimmelbusch1 recommends sterilization ofsilk in steam. The silk threads are wound onrolls attached to a metal box(Fig. 41), which is put for three-quarters of an hour in the ster-ilizer, where it can be sterilizedwith the dressings, etc. Silkremains sterile and dry in theseboxes. The fact that it is drymaterially facilitates threading itinto needles and tying. The writer has devised a metal box which, bycombining the advantages of Schimmelbuschsapparatus for silk and that of Braatz for


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