Antiseptic surgery : the principles, modes of application, and results of the Lister dressing . ressing only, it issufficient to half or even quarter fill the boiler: the lesswater there is, the sooner will the steam be generated. Some surgeons have thought it necessary to fill the atmos-phere of their amphitheatres with a thick cloud, others haveset up costly high-pressure machines ; but I think my spraj^-producer suffices for all wants. It is placed upon a table atthe distance of two meters from the field of operation, whichit envelops in a cloud which neither obscures vision nor
Antiseptic surgery : the principles, modes of application, and results of the Lister dressing . ressing only, it issufficient to half or even quarter fill the boiler: the lesswater there is, the sooner will the steam be generated. Some surgeons have thought it necessary to fill the atmos-phere of their amphitheatres with a thick cloud, others haveset up costly high-pressure machines ; but I think my spraj^-producer suffices for all wants. It is placed upon a table atthe distance of two meters from the field of operation, whichit envelops in a cloud which neither obscures vision nor constructed on the principles so ably expounded byLister, it cannot fail to give satisfaction. Finally, it is worth while, in the interest of economy, tobear in mind that such a spray-producer is not only valuablefor the special service it was designed to perform, but is ofgreat use in making a spray for inhalation and in purifyingand disinfecting the wards. AMERICAN SPEAY-PEODUCBRS. 81 Among the spray-producers of American manufacture one of the most reliable is that CODMAN & SHURTLEFF. ??==:~i^^^^=|: Fig. 2. represented in the accom-panying cut. It has aspherical. boiler which istested by a hydrostaticpressure of more than onehundred pounds to thesquare inch. The tubesare of brass, with plati-num nozzles, and can bereadily removed and re-placed, so that tubes forother than antiseptic pur-poses may be substituted. In the lower tube there is a clearer which is easily operated. The lamp-jacket confines the heat under the boiler and protects the flame from currents of air, but does not prevent a view of the flame. The lamp is provided with a flame-regulator and an » extinguisher, which can be operated from the outside, and it can be replenished with alcohol safely while in operation. This apparatus is advertised to run between codman & shuStleff; BOSTON. three and four hours with Fig. 3. one filling of the boiler. It costs twenty-five dollars. A much cheaper, but quite efiicient
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