The rules of aseptic and antiseptic surgery; a practical treatise for the use of students and the general practitioner . ied as they are gradually exposed step by step. The internalplantar artery can thus be seen and doubly tied. The main trunk of theartery sweeps in a long curve outward to the ex-ternal side of the sole, and is out of the line of sec-tion. Should it be divided accidentally, and theblood soil the dressings at once, it is proper to re-move them, to reapply Esmarchs band, to enlargethe incision, and to find and deli-gate the cut ends of the extreme cases of adults, whe
The rules of aseptic and antiseptic surgery; a practical treatise for the use of students and the general practitioner . ied as they are gradually exposed step by step. The internalplantar artery can thus be seen and doubly tied. The main trunk of theartery sweeps in a long curve outward to the ex-ternal side of the sole, and is out of the line of sec-tion. Should it be divided accidentally, and theblood soil the dressings at once, it is proper to re-move them, to reapply Esmarchs band, to enlargethe incision, and to find and deli-gate the cut ends of the extreme cases of adults, wherethe bones have acquired a definitelyvicious shape, osteotomy or wedge-shaped excision of the neck of theastragalus must be added to theteno-myotomy performed in theplanta. The author was surprised to see Fig —Drossini, fm- \Vf)UiRls of ankle and foot. the ease with which even great de-formities could be corrected after the division of all tissues mentioned course, the wound is a wide gaj), which is widened still more by the cor-rected position. Its healing is accomplished by the organization of the. SPECIAL APPLICATION OF THE ASEPTIC METHOD. 8 moist blood-clot (Schedes method). As soon as the wound luis been wellcleansed by irrigation, a piece of rubber tissue, ])reviously kept immersedin a five-per-cent solution of carbolic acid for twenty-four hours, is placedover the gap. This is covered with a few strips of iodoform gauze andan ample dressing of sublimated gauze. While the foot is held in the cor-rect positionby an assist-ant, the sur-geon appliesover the asep-tic dressinga silicate-of-soda splint,and over thisa plaster-of-Paris splint. While the j)laster is settingfoot is held with force insomewhat overcorrected posi-tion, which will allow for theslight giving, way of the asep-tic dressing. Then Esmarchsband is removed, and the feetare held in the vertical posture for an hour or two after the operation. After disappearance of passivehyperaemia they are pla
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