Modern surgery, general and operative . hod of Whiting and Slocum (Annals of Surgery, May, 1916).—Hamilton studied various coal-tar disinfectants (American Jour, of Phar.,July, 1915). McDonald suggested the employment of acetone, denaturedalcohol and pyxol, acetone being merely a solvent and not a germicide. Whit-ing and Slocum employ a solution containing 35 per cent, of acetone, 2 per cent,of phenoco, alcohol to 100 per cent, (page 37). Scrub with hot running with the solution for two minutes, using a piece of sterile gauze to rub thefluid into the skin. Rinse with sterile water.
Modern surgery, general and operative . hod of Whiting and Slocum (Annals of Surgery, May, 1916).—Hamilton studied various coal-tar disinfectants (American Jour, of Phar.,July, 1915). McDonald suggested the employment of acetone, denaturedalcohol and pyxol, acetone being merely a solvent and not a germicide. Whit-ing and Slocum employ a solution containing 35 per cent, of acetone, 2 per cent,of phenoco, alcohol to 100 per cent, (page 37). Scrub with hot running with the solution for two minutes, using a piece of sterile gauze to rub thefluid into the skin. Rinse with sterile water. This method gives admirableresults tested by bacteriologic study. When a busy surgeon uses this fluid itcauses some irritation of the hands. The Sublimate-alcohol Method.—This is the method I personally is rapid, efhcient, and reasonably non-irritant. It is as follows: Cleansethe hands with soap and water as previously directed. Use 95 per cent, alco-hol as in Flirbringers method (see p. 72). Dip the hands in 70 per Fig. 33.—Showing rubber glove applied. alcohol containing i part to 1000 of corrosive sublimate, and rub the hands,forearms, and nails with a piece of sterile gauze wet with this fluid for threeminutes. Rinse these parts in the fluid and then rinse in sterile water. The Use of Gloves.—Most surgeons are so impressed with the impos-sibility of sterilizing the hands that they wear gloves in operations. Oversixty years ago, at Kings College, Sir Thomas Watson in a lecture on puer-peral fever suggested that obstetricians wear gloves. He said: In these daysof ready invention, a glove, I think, might be devised which should be im-pervious to fluids, and yet so thin and pliant as not to interfere materiallywith the delicate sense of touch required in these manipulations. One suchglove, if such shall ever be fabricated and adopted, might well be sacrificedto the safety of the mother in every labor (Watsons Lectures on Physic).Professor Hals ted was a
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