New elements of operative surgery . the exception of a few inches of its middle part which are left un-cut ; it is often useful to pierce a hole through the central point ofthis middle part. It is scarcely ever used but in diseases of thechin and of the lower jaw. The window compress, {compresse fenctree^ Some persons un-derstand by compresse fenetree the perforated linen (le linge troue)of which we have already spoken; but it is better to reserve thisname for compresses which are to have large perforations on oneor more points of their extent, in order to be adapted to particularkinds of ulce
New elements of operative surgery . the exception of a few inches of its middle part which are left un-cut ; it is often useful to pierce a hole through the central point ofthis middle part. It is scarcely ever used but in diseases of thechin and of the lower jaw. The window compress, {compresse fenctree^ Some persons un-derstand by compresse fenetree the perforated linen (le linge troue)of which we have already spoken; but it is better to reserve thisname for compresses which are to have large perforations on oneor more points of their extent, in order to be adapted to particularkinds of ulcerations. We have thus compresses with circular open-ings, {compresses en lunette—Fig. 52,) those withsquare openings, (Fig. 53,) rhom-boidal, ellipsoid, &c.; for example,for the dressing of blisters uponthe arm, the application of somekinds of caustic, and the dressing of certain ulcers. (Fig. 53.) -?.
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