Modern surgery, general and operative . Pads and Packs 87. •corrosive sublimate. Listers protective is employed to save the wound fromthe irritation of carbolized dressings. Impermeable Material Over Dressings.—In the United States, if it is desiredto place an impermeable material over a dressing, a rubber dam is usually em-ployed. A rubber dam before being used should be washed with soap andwater and soaked in a solution of corrosive sublimate. The use of an impermeable material on the outside of the gauze dressingis not nearly so common as formerly. In an aseptic wound dry dressing un-covere
Modern surgery, general and operative . Pads and Packs 87. •corrosive sublimate. Listers protective is employed to save the wound fromthe irritation of carbolized dressings. Impermeable Material Over Dressings.—In the United States, if it is desiredto place an impermeable material over a dressing, a rubber dam is usually em-ployed. A rubber dam before being used should be washed with soap andwater and soaked in a solution of corrosive sublimate. The use of an impermeable material on the outside of the gauze dressingis not nearly so common as formerly. In an aseptic wound dry dressing un-covered by rubber is the most useful plan. When a dressing is covered by animpermeable material it becomes moist, acts as a poultice, and the dischargeson the dressing may undergo decomposition. Drainage is used in all infected wounds, in most very large wounds, inwounds to which irritant antiseptics have been applied, in cases in which largeabnormal cavities exist, in very fat people, and in individuals whose skin is sothin that we dare not apply firm pre
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