Modern surgery, general and operative . Fig. 83.—Same case as Fig. 82, after excision and skin-grafting by the Thiersch method. gestion numbers of red blood-cells have been disintegrated. Such an ulceris treated by making incisions to loosen the base and edges, so that contrac-tion can take place. Venous congestion is corrected by means of position, the Marjolins Ulcer 159 use of compression, and in some cases the administration of cardiac stimu-lants. In all cases the surgeon employs stimulating applications to the ulcer inorder to increase the supply of arterial blood. Scarlet red ointment (


Modern surgery, general and operative . Fig. 83.—Same case as Fig. 82, after excision and skin-grafting by the Thiersch method. gestion numbers of red blood-cells have been disintegrated. Such an ulceris treated by making incisions to loosen the base and edges, so that contrac-tion can take place. Venous congestion is corrected by means of position, the Marjolins Ulcer 159 use of compression, and in some cases the administration of cardiac stimu-lants. In all cases the surgeon employs stimulating applications to the ulcer inorder to increase the supply of arterial blood. Scarlet red ointment (8 per cent.)strongly stimulates granulation. The callous ulcer of the leg is the most chronic form of indolent ulcer and issunken deeply below the level of the skin. Its border is hard and knobby. Itsfloor shows no granulations, and is either smooth and glistening or foul andliver colored. The discharge is thin and scanty, and the ulcer varies Httle inappearance from week to week or even from month to month. The treatmentconsists in


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