A system of surgery : pathological, diagnostic, therapeutic, and operative . mportant to the adhesive process, it is indispensable to lay astout compress along each side of the limb, opposite the deep part of the wound,and to confine it with a roller, extending from the toes upwards as far nearly asthe groin. In all wounds of this description, whether the result of accident orof operations, great care must be taken to prevent the retention of fluids, other-wise suppuration will take place instead of union by the first intention. Largeintervals should be left between the adhesive strips, and ho
A system of surgery : pathological, diagnostic, therapeutic, and operative . mportant to the adhesive process, it is indispensable to lay astout compress along each side of the limb, opposite the deep part of the wound,and to confine it with a roller, extending from the toes upwards as far nearly asthe groin. In all wounds of this description, whether the result of accident orof operations, great care must be taken to prevent the retention of fluids, other-wise suppuration will take place instead of union by the first intention. Largeintervals should be left between the adhesive strips, and holes should be cut inthe bandage where it lies over the affected part; in some cases it will be propereven to leave a small tent at the bottom of the wound, bringing it out at the mostdependent point, to drain off the discharges. The most suitable bandage for supporting wounded parts is the common roller,carried upwards from the distal portion of the limb to a short distance abovethe seat of the injury. The invaginated bandage, represented in figs. 84 and Fig. 84. Fig. Invaginated bandage for longitudinal wounds. 85, and formerly so much in vogue, is a dangerous contrivance, unworthy ofscientific surgery. When a wound has been properly dressed the less it is interfered with themore likely will it be, all other things being equal, to do well. Meddlesomesurgery cannot be too pointedly condemned, for it is hardly less pernicious thanthe slovenly surgery still so common at the present day, especially in privatepractice. The modern treatment of wounds has been carried to the very vergeof simplicity, and it is difficult to see how it could possibly be improved, althoughit is doubtless still susceptible of important modifications. When the parts aremerely divided, all that is necessary, as a general rule, is to put them in accuratecontact, and to maintain them for a certain period in an easy, elevated, quiet,and relaxed condition. When there is danger of overaction, cold water dre
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