The operating room and the patient; a manual of pre- and post-operative treatment . Fig. 12.—Small steam-pressure ster-ilizer and instrument boiler. (FowlersSurgery.) PREPARATION OF INSTRUMENTS AND SUPPLIES 39. Fig. 13.—Schimmelbuschs sterilizer forboiling instruments in soda solution.(Fowlers Surgery.) thereon, they should be first warmed. For sterilizing on a large scale for hospital purposes the steam-pressure apparatus (Fig. 15) is to be used. A con-venient combination ofsteam-pressure sterilizerand instrument boilerfor office use is shown inFig. 12. For boiling in-struments in soda solu-t
The operating room and the patient; a manual of pre- and post-operative treatment . Fig. 12.—Small steam-pressure ster-ilizer and instrument boiler. (FowlersSurgery.) PREPARATION OF INSTRUMENTS AND SUPPLIES 39. Fig. 13.—Schimmelbuschs sterilizer forboiling instruments in soda solution.(Fowlers Surgery.) thereon, they should be first warmed. For sterilizing on a large scale for hospital purposes the steam-pressure apparatus (Fig. 15) is to be used. A con-venient combination ofsteam-pressure sterilizerand instrument boilerfor office use is shown inFig. 12. For boiling in-struments in soda solu-tion and sterilizinggowns and dressing ma-terials by steam at thesame time the sterilizerof Schimmelbusch () is convenient andefficient. Squares ofgauze to be used in place of flat sponges in abdominal section, which require to be warm when brought in contact with the intestines may be boiled in a per cent, solution of com-mon salt (Tavel) and kept therein until ready for use, when they are wrung out (Fig. 16). Powders for use in making up dressings and solutions are kept dry in wide-mouthed, screw-cap glass jars. Iodoform.—^This should be finely powdered by mortar and pestle before using.
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