A complete handbook for the sanitary troops of the U S army and navy . ze-wick drains are preparedby rolling a narrow strip of gauze into a wick about the size of acigarette and covering it with a layer of rubber tissue. Instruments should always be handed to the operator with the (472) ASSISTING AT OPERATIONS 473 handle toward his hand, and in such a position that they may beu^ed at once without loss of time ; they should not be allowed toaccumulate unnecessarily upon the patients body, and soiled andbloody instruments should be replaced by clean ones. Sponging must be done quickly in the int
A complete handbook for the sanitary troops of the U S army and navy . ze-wick drains are preparedby rolling a narrow strip of gauze into a wick about the size of acigarette and covering it with a layer of rubber tissue. Instruments should always be handed to the operator with the (472) ASSISTING AT OPERATIONS 473 handle toward his hand, and in such a position that they may beu^ed at once without loss of time ; they should not be allowed toaccumulate unnecessarily upon the patients body, and soiled andbloody instruments should be replaced by clean ones. Sponging must be done quickly in the intervals of the surgeonswork; the sponge should be used with a firm wiping movement inthe direction from the bottom of the wound toward the surface. Retractors are held in such a position that they and the handsof the assistant may be as little in the way as possible; should be used with care. In suturing, the needle properly threaded and held in the bite ofthe forceps should be handed to the surgeon; the assistant then -55. —The Interrupted holds the edges of the wound in the proper position for suturing,and is ready with scissors to divide the sutures at the proper time. When there is no surgeon present with the troops and none isavailable, the senior noncommissioned officer of the hospital corpsdetachment must himself undertake necessary minor operations. Wounds. Clean, incised ivonnds, the edges of which can not bebrought together by the dressing and bandage, should be suturedor sewed up. Silkw^orm gut, silk, or catgut may be used, the pref-erence being in the order named; sutures of the first two materialsmust be taken out after four or five days; catgut will be absorbed. Sutures may be interrupted or continuous. In the interruptedsuture (iig. ^55 the needle is passed through the skin and sub-cutaneous tissues about an eighth of an inch from the edge of thewound, and then tied with a reef knot; care should be taken notto draw the suture tight enou
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