. American practice of surgery ; a complete system of the science and art of surgery . either have recourse to the immersion of the memberfor a certain length of time every three or four hom^s during the day in atub containing the proper solution, or should enclose the wet gauze, whichshould be only moderate in amount, in rubber tissue or oiled silk, thus retainingthe moisture. Otherwise the moisture goes to the surface of the dressing, andthe skin remains dry. 566 a:.:ertcax practice of surgery. Tuberculous Disease of the Axillary Lymph Nodes,—The axillary l\iTiphnodes are less frequently the
. American practice of surgery ; a complete system of the science and art of surgery . either have recourse to the immersion of the memberfor a certain length of time every three or four hom^s during the day in atub containing the proper solution, or should enclose the wet gauze, whichshould be only moderate in amount, in rubber tissue or oiled silk, thus retainingthe moisture. Otherwise the moisture goes to the surface of the dressing, andthe skin remains dry. 566 a:.:ertcax practice of surgery. Tuberculous Disease of the Axillary Lymph Nodes,—The axillary l\iTiphnodes are less frequently the seat of tuberculosis than are the cervical to the collective statistics of Balman, Wohlgemuth, Poisson,and \on Noorden, and those obtained at St. Marys Hospital for Children inNew York, the ratio is about 1 case of the former to 14 of the infection usually comes doAvmvard from the neck, luit occasionallyis received from the hand or arm. The nodes are usually felt as movablenodules in the soft tissue of the axilla, and they frequently reach the size of. Fig. 181.—Axillary Abscess, Secondary to Infection of the Hand. Very mild constitutional sj-mptonxs.(?photograph of a patient in St. Marys Hospital for Children, New York.) English walnuts. They show the ordinary lesions of tuberculosis, but do notoften lead to the formation of abscesses and sinuses. They should be removed by operation through an incision along the edgeof the pectoralis major muscle. The removal is usually easy, since firm arlhe-sions are rare. The removal of any part of the pectoralis muscle is unneces-sary. Recurrences are rare. Cancerous Disease of the Axillary Lymphatics.—Cancerous disease of theaxillary lymphatics is very important. The spread of breast cancer takes placelargely by way of the axiha, although not entu-ely so. The rule was laid down,many years ago, that the axilla should be cleared of its lymphatics in everycase of breast cancer, and the extent of the operatio
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