. Baltimore and Ohio employees magazine . sume that a wound is not contam-inated than to invite certain contamina-tion by handling, washing or covering thewound with unclean dressings. (Fig. 10.) Hospital surgeons would much ratherreceive a patientwhose woundsare still bathedin their ownblood and merelycovered withclean rags, thanone whosewounds havebeen elaboratelycleaned anddressed by anamateur doctor. For appear-ance sake andalso to protectwounds from further injury, you will have to apply adressing. Do not put a cud of tobacco, norcobwebs, nor waste, nor a soiled handkerchiefupon a wound.
. Baltimore and Ohio employees magazine . sume that a wound is not contam-inated than to invite certain contamina-tion by handling, washing or covering thewound with unclean dressings. (Fig. 10.) Hospital surgeons would much ratherreceive a patientwhose woundsare still bathedin their ownblood and merelycovered withclean rags, thanone whosewounds havebeen elaboratelycleaned anddressed by anamateur doctor. For appear-ance sake andalso to protectwounds from further injury, you will have to apply adressing. Do not put a cud of tobacco, norcobwebs, nor waste, nor a soiled handkerchiefupon a wound. These things are full ofgerms and will surely cause infection. Goto your Emergency Box where you will EmergencyCases Surgeonsspeak of dress-ing material asbeing clean, oras being dirty;there is nomiddle words clean, sterile, antiseptic,in the surgical sense, have the samemeaning. A clean dressing is one inwhich the germs have been destroyed bysome means, generally by exposure to in-tense heat, or to the action of strong chemi-. FiGURE 12. DRESSING THE WOUND. SECOND—SECURING WITH BANDAGE cals, as bi-chloride of mercury. After be-ing sterilized, the dressing is enclosed in anair-tight covering to keep the germs fromit, until wanted for use. It is needlessto say that sterile dressings are the onlykind that should be applied to wounds. THE BALTIMORE AND OHIO EMPLOYES MAGAZINE 55 Evety article contained in the emer-gency case is surgically clean. It isworth repeating, that when you have awound to dress, be very careful not topermit your hand or any other objectto touch the surface of the dressing thatis to be placed next to the wound. Our Emergency Case has been crit-icized because it does not contain bi-chloride of mercury tablets. These, andother antiseptics, have been purposelyleft out, for the reason that such drugsare chiefly used for the cleaning ofwounds, which, on the grounds alreadystated, you should never attempt. Youwill do your full duty b}^ merely applyinga
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