The Hahnemannian monthly . where continuous irrigation, especially ofmucous membranes, as the vagina or rectum, is to be practiced, of the bottles in the case tubes is a roomy pocket inwhich are carried a number of envelopes or packages of oiled papercontaining such of the following articles as may be needed: (1)Lister protective. (2) Safety pins. (3) Silk-worm gut. (4) Horse- 176 The Hahnemannian Monthly. [March, hair for drains. (5) If preferred the strands of kangaroo tendoncan be wrapped in oiled paper and put in an envelope. (6) Cocainepowders, one to fl. 5ij. makes a two per cen
The Hahnemannian monthly . where continuous irrigation, especially ofmucous membranes, as the vagina or rectum, is to be practiced, of the bottles in the case tubes is a roomy pocket inwhich are carried a number of envelopes or packages of oiled papercontaining such of the following articles as may be needed: (1)Lister protective. (2) Safety pins. (3) Silk-worm gut. (4) Horse- 176 The Hahnemannian Monthly. [March, hair for drains. (5) If preferred the strands of kangaroo tendoncan be wrapped in oiled paper and put in an envelope. (6) Cocainepowders, one to fl. 5ij. makes a two per cent, solution. This enablesthe surgeon to make his solutions fresh every time they are solutions are generally used, to which two per cent, of car-bolic acid is added. For mucous membranes, particularly theurethra, liquid cosmoline is the better vehicle, and a half-ouncebottle of this is substituted for such operations in the case freshly made, a two per cent, solution is sufficient to induce Fig. complete anaesthesia, and is not likely to produce any unpleasantsymptoms. (7) u Socin powders/ , zinc oxide ten grains, andzinc chloride one grain. To this ten drops (or less) of water areadded and rubbed up into a paste which hardens rapidly and makesan ideal scab for hare-lip, scalp, hernia, or, in fact, any wounds towhich it is inconvenient to apply an ordinary dressing. (8) Iodo-form powders, , to make with an ounce of ether a saturated solu-tion. An ounce bottle or tube from the case, after being emptied,is filled with ether and the powder added. The solution is pouredon the field of operation and on the wound before apylying thedressing. Iodoform decomposes if kept for any length of time inether, etc., etc., etc. 1891.] A New Surgical Bag. 1 i i In the pocket at the other end of the bag is room for four four-ounce bottles, wide and narrow-mouthed, and, by placing the easeof tubes in the other pocket on end, a fifth can be taken. Thesemay be va
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