Treatise on gynæcology : medical and surgical . Fig 15.—Glass Reel for Silk or Catgut. manns The gut is immersed for ten to fourteen days in thefollowing solution which is renewed from time to time: Hydrargyri bichloridi, Alcoholis, Aquae destillata?, 1. J. L. Championniere, following Listers plan, macerates the catgutin this mixture: Acidi carbolici, Aquas, Olei olivse, . Fig. 16.—Reels for Silk or Catgut. The carbolic acid is dissolved in the water, then emulsified with theoil by vigorous shaking. It takes five or six months of maceration to 28 CLINICAL AND
Treatise on gynæcology : medical and surgical . Fig 15.—Glass Reel for Silk or Catgut. manns The gut is immersed for ten to fourteen days in thefollowing solution which is renewed from time to time: Hydrargyri bichloridi, Alcoholis, Aquae destillata?, 1. J. L. Championniere, following Listers plan, macerates the catgutin this mixture: Acidi carbolici, Aquas, Olei olivse, . Fig. 16.—Reels for Silk or Catgut. The carbolic acid is dissolved in the water, then emulsified with theoil by vigorous shaking. It takes five or six months of maceration to 28 CLINICAL AND OPERATIVE GYNAECOLOGY. produce a well-prepared catgut and even then it is oily and disagree-able to handle. Mikulicz has indicated a method of preparation which transformsthe catgut into a remarkably resistant and tenacious material forsutures, which Leopold has adopted for Csesarean sections. The cat-gut is first put for forty-eight hours in carbolized glycerin, 10 partsto 100, then for five hours in a solution of chromic acid 1: 200, andfinally preserved in absolute Silver Wire, Silk-worm Gut. After heating to 250° F. in a sterilizer, these may be preserved inrectified spirit. Drainage Tubes. Elastic Ligatures. These may be made relatively pure by leaving them for ten min-utes in boiling water, and then preserving them in strong carbolicwater, or in a sublimate solution, in bottles
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