Modern surgery, general and operative . operations, and joint are of great value in military surgery,for the military surgeon may not have time toprepare his hands, and sterile gloves always can bekept a surgeon is obliged to place his fingers in an area of virulent infec-tion he may be poisoned. Gloves will save him from this danger. Again,a surgeon should try to avoid bringing his hands unnecessarily in contactwith putrid or purulent matter. Though it may not poison him, it grosslyinfects the surface, renders subsequent cleansing difficult, and endangersother patie
Modern surgery, general and operative . operations, and joint are of great value in military surgery,for the military surgeon may not have time toprepare his hands, and sterile gloves always can bekept a surgeon is obliged to place his fingers in an area of virulent infec-tion he may be poisoned. Gloves will save him from this danger. Again,a surgeon should try to avoid bringing his hands unnecessarily in contactwith putrid or purulent matter. Though it may not poison him, it grosslyinfects the surface, renders subsequent cleansing difficult, and endangersother patients. Gloves will prevent this danger. A surgeon should weargloves if he is making an examination or performing an operation which is sureto infect the bare hands, and he should wear gloves in an operation if in a previous operation his hands were in-fected. A surgeon whose hands arevery hairy or sweat much will con-tribute to the patients safety by wear-ing gloves. Gloves should be worn if the surgeon Fig. 34.—Half-long la-i^^-
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