Operative surgery . ure in either of these needs is quite certainly followedby physical discomfort and perhaps by surgical disappointment. The widthof the retaining agent should be proportionate to the thickness of the dress-ing and the firmness of the required application. Unduly narrow bandages,etc., etc., are quite likely to become cord-like in action, causing insecurityand discomfort, only the wider ones being in all respects this dressing and superimposed fabrics become soiled from within,either prompt renewal, superficial antisepsis, with supplemental dressing,should
Operative surgery . ure in either of these needs is quite certainly followedby physical discomfort and perhaps by surgical disappointment. The widthof the retaining agent should be proportionate to the thickness of the dress-ing and the firmness of the required application. Unduly narrow bandages,etc., etc., are quite likely to become cord-like in action, causing insecurityand discomfort, only the wider ones being in all respects this dressing and superimposed fabrics become soiled from within,either prompt renewal, superficial antisepsis, with supplemental dressing,should be applied, as the opportunity affords. THE TREATMENT OP OPERATION-WOUNDS. 109 Iodoform.—Iodoform alone and variously combined is largely employedin surgery. Iodoform, when dissolved in ether, can be readily poured orsprayed over the surface of the operationfield, and the prompt evaporation of theether will leave the iodoform evenly ap-plied thereon. Only pure ether should beused for this purpose. If there is any.
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