Aseptic surgical technique : with especial reference to gynaecological operations : together with notes on the technique employed in certain supplementary procedures . fty cubic centimetres (Sv) of waterand thirty cubic centimeters (Si) of glycerin will besufiicient. Tampons of Iambus wool are especially useful when anon-absorbent material is desired. Such a tampon isvery elastic and serves excellently as a support. Apiece of wool thirty centimetres long and three cen-timeters wide (11 inches by 1 inch) is twisted overthree fingers so as to form a loop. Round it at thispoint a piece of stout l
Aseptic surgical technique : with especial reference to gynaecological operations : together with notes on the technique employed in certain supplementary procedures . fty cubic centimetres (Sv) of waterand thirty cubic centimeters (Si) of glycerin will besufiicient. Tampons of Iambus wool are especially useful when anon-absorbent material is desired. Such a tampon isvery elastic and serves excellently as a support. Apiece of wool thirty centimetres long and three cen-timeters wide (11 inches by 1 inch) is twisted overthree fingers so as to form a loop. Round it at thispoint a piece of stout linen thread is tied, the endsbeing left free. The tampons are then sterilized in BANDAGES. Ill the Arnold steam sterilizer or autoclave and kept inaseptic glass jars. Tampons of absorbent cotton are made in very muchthe same way. The cotton, as it is taken from theroll, is cut into pieces measuring twenty by ten by twocentimetres (eight by four inches by half an inch), andeach piece being folded once, a piece of thread is at-tached to the loop, and the ends are rounded off withscissors. Plate XIIL, Fig. 5. Bandages are always being required, and a good Fig. Modified Scultetus bandage. supply made from gauze and flannel should be kepton hand. They should be of different widths, and, inorder to insure straight margins, should be cut by 112 ASEPTIC SURGICAL TECHNIQUE. Fig. 20. drawn thread. Besides these, the ordinary T bandageand the modified Scultetus bandage (Fig. 19) shouldbe always kept in stock. All bandages are to besterilized in the way described above for dressings ofthe same material. Instead of ordinary marine sponges we now employsubstitutes made from sterilized gauze. The gauzeemployed for this purpose is the same as that used fordressings. Sponges may also be made by wrapping cot-ton somewhat loosely in squares of gauze, the cornersbeing brought together and tied at the top with thread.(Fig. 20.) When employing gauze for sponges, the cut edges should be folded i
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