A Reference handbook of the medical sciences embracing the entire range of scientific and practical medicine and allied science . ew cases of erysipelatous eruptions,swelling of the axillary glands, andslight skin eruptions of a temporarycharacter were recorded, and no cases ofsyphilis were mentioned. Preparation of —The follow-ing account of the method of preparingvaccine lymph at Berlin is given byProf. Albert Guttstadt, in an article en-titled Das Impfwesen in Preussen in1887-88, in the Zeitsehrift den Statistinch. 1890. The skin of the calf is first washedwi


A Reference handbook of the medical sciences embracing the entire range of scientific and practical medicine and allied science . ew cases of erysipelatous eruptions,swelling of the axillary glands, andslight skin eruptions of a temporarycharacter were recorded, and no cases ofsyphilis were mentioned. Preparation of —The follow-ing account of the method of preparingvaccine lymph at Berlin is given byProf. Albert Guttstadt, in an article en-titled Das Impfwesen in Preussen in1887-88, in the Zeitsehrift den Statistinch. 1890. The skin of the calf is first washedwith warm soap and water. The incisions then showclearly, and the lymjih is taken out with a .sharp spoon,shaped like a potato borer. The lymph was at first mixed with glycerin in a porce- FiG. 4935.—W a r-1 o m o n ts Ex-pressioQ For-ceps. 140 REFERENCE HANDBOOK OF THE MEDICAL SCIENCES. Vacciiiatiou,Vaccination. lain raortar, but afterward a machine was employedwhich was designed by the assistant. Dn H. DSrinj;;. This apparatus, the Doring lynijjli mill (Fig. 4936),is the result of several trials, and consists of an iron. FIG. 4936.—DorinK Lympb Mill. frame fastened to an iron plate, supporting four cyliu-ders of porcelain having roughened surfaces. Thesecylinders are removable, and may be sterilized. The lymph is first mixed bj light stirring with one-third of its weight of glycerin, and is then ])iaced on theline of contact between the cylinders, a little at a time,while an assistant turns the handle. In a few momentsthe finely mi.\ed lymph mass is scrapctl off fiom the lastcylinder by the glass shield and caught in the dish be-low. After the whole mass has passed through the ap-paratus it is stirred with a glass rod, with the additionof more glycerin, and is passed through the mill is advisable, after emptying the lym|>h upon the cylin-ders, to scrape the dish to avoid The lymph isthen ready for use. The loss is at the utmost per 20 and


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