The rules of aseptic and antiseptic surgery; a practical treatise for the use of students and the general practitioner . e irrigator. On the nipples rubber tubesare slipped, and are conducted to the severaldrainage-tubes, with which connection is es-tablished through short pieces of glass tubing.(Fig. 180.) Continuous immersion in a weak antisep-tic lotion is a very simple and effective sub-stitute for permanent irrigation, although itprecludes the advantages of vertical suspen-sion. The lotion should be changed fromthree to four times daily, and its tempera-ture is to be regulated by the pati
The rules of aseptic and antiseptic surgery; a practical treatise for the use of students and the general practitioner . e irrigator. On the nipples rubber tubesare slipped, and are conducted to the severaldrainage-tubes, with which connection is es-tablished through short pieces of glass tubing.(Fig. 180.) Continuous immersion in a weak antisep-tic lotion is a very simple and effective sub-stitute for permanent irrigation, although itprecludes the advantages of vertical suspen-sion. The lotion should be changed fromthree to four times daily, and its tempera-ture is to be regulated by the patients sen-sations. Some will have it warm, others will prefer a cool bath. By placing one or two alcohol lamps underneath thetin vessel containing the bath, an even temperature can be maintained. Case I.—Hugo B., laborer, aged twenty-eight, admitted, March 11, 1886, to theGerman Hospital with extensive phlegmon of the palm, consequent upon an injury tothe middle finger. The corresponding metacarpo-phalangeal joint was destroyed. Thehouse-surgeon exarticulated the third finger, and made a number of incisions in the. Fig-. 1Y9.—Volkmanns arm-splintfor vertical suspension. 236 EULES OF ASEPTIC AND ANTISEPTIC SURGERY. palm, liberating a good deal of pus. By March 12th the temperature had been some-what lowered, but an ominous swelling of the forearm appeared. March 18th.—Anumber of incisions were made on the flexor side of the arm into the suppurating tendinous sheaths. Moist dressings and elevatedposture. Continuous high fever. March 25th.—Renewed incisions on dorsum of forearm, exposingthe extensor tendons. Swelling of the arm and axil-lary glands. High fever. The affection proving iin-controUable, on account of the uniform purulentinfiltration of the soft tissues, continuous immersionof the limb in a 1: 5,000 solution of corrosive sub-limate was resorted to, and was constantly employedduring the months of April and May. No mercurialtoxic symptoms whatever could be observe
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