Treatise on gynæcology : medical and surgical . , driedby pressing in a towel, and placed in a mixture consisting of twoparts alcohol and one part oleum juniperi. This may be used withperfect security after a delay of six days. During the operation theamount to be used is kept in a basin filled with some antiseptic solu-tion. In the Frauenklinik in Berlin, the catgut is left for twenty-four hours in oil of juniper, then for twenty-four hours in glycerin,and finally in absolute alcohol to which is added a small amount ofthe oil. 26 CLINICAL AND OPERATIVE GYNAECOLOGY, The advantages possessed by
Treatise on gynæcology : medical and surgical . , driedby pressing in a towel, and placed in a mixture consisting of twoparts alcohol and one part oleum juniperi. This may be used withperfect security after a delay of six days. During the operation theamount to be used is kept in a basin filled with some antiseptic solu-tion. In the Frauenklinik in Berlin, the catgut is left for twenty-four hours in oil of juniper, then for twenty-four hours in glycerin,and finally in absolute alcohol to which is added a small amount ofthe oil. 26 CLINICAL AND OPERATIVE GYNAECOLOGY, The advantages possessed by catgut prepared in juniper oil aremany; it is far superior to that more commonly used which is disin-fected in carbolized oil; it possesses remarkable tenacity and flexi-bility; it maybe used for buried sutures, as it is dissolved and ab-sorbed in a length of time proportunate to its bulk, which, by the wayrshould be carefully noted by the operator. It is because of thesequalities possessed by catgut that buried sutures and sutures in layers,. Fig. 14.—Wiesneggs Sterilizing Oven. A, Regulator; B, burners; C, thermometer. have been undertaken with such success and have given such excel-lent results. Auguste Reverdin34 has proposed a further technical improve-ment, which seems to me to be destined to render good service. Heleaves the catgut for four hours in a sterilizing oven at 284° F. beforeputting it into the oil of juniper and alcohol. He advises one to besure in the first place that the catgut has not been oiled by the man-ufacturer for purposes of preservation. In any case, I think it well toremove all grease with ether, before submitting it to any other proc- ANTISEPSIS IX GYNAECOLOGY. 27 ess. Benckiser,35 who lias adopted the method of disinfection by heat,places his rolls of catgut in envelopes, before putting them in thesterilizer—opening the envelope only at the very moment of using thecatgut. Many surgeons prefer to disinfect the catgut with carbolic acid orco
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