Clinical surgeryExtracts from the reports of surgical practice between the years 1860-1876Translated from the original, and edited, with annotations, by CTDent . e time that extra rooms were placed atmy disposal, and I was able every five weeks to completely emptyand thoroughly cleanse the wards. It has been urged against theefficacy of such precautions, that cases are recorded where the veryfirst surgical patients admitted into newly-built hospitals wereattacked with erysipelas. Is it not jjossible in these cases that oldsources of infection were introduced into the new house, in thebedding,
Clinical surgeryExtracts from the reports of surgical practice between the years 1860-1876Translated from the original, and edited, with annotations, by CTDent . e time that extra rooms were placed atmy disposal, and I was able every five weeks to completely emptyand thoroughly cleanse the wards. It has been urged against theefficacy of such precautions, that cases are recorded where the veryfirst surgical patients admitted into newly-built hospitals wereattacked with erysipelas. Is it not jjossible in these cases that oldsources of infection were introduced into the new house, in thebedding, bandages, etc. ? Again, were the surgeons and nurseschanged? The^ specific^ contagium of erysipelas, once started,is exceedingly difficult to destroy, and exceedingly difficult tobanish from the wards. Still, if our nurses would give as muchtrouble to hunting out and clearing away every particle of dustfrom the wards as a careful housewife does to keep her house in STATISTICS OF ERYSIPELAS. 29 proper order, we should gradually see erysipelas disappear fromour hospitals. The chart (Fig. i) illustrates in a remarkable manner, the numberFig. I.— The dotted line shows the number of cases in liospital and private jiracticc together. The lowermost liue marks tlienumber ol iatal cases. Fir. 2.—Fatal Septo-?:mta.
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