The surgical assistant, a manual for students, practitioners, hospital internes and nurses . nto all its recesses. The edges of the bag projectbeyond the skin. Packings are laid in the wound thus linedwith gauze, and renewed at intervals, the bag- itself being left Drains and Packings. 123 in place for several days (usually until it is loosened bywound secretions). Gauze drains should be trimmed evenly, and freed ofravelled strands. The cigarette {or Morris) drain consistsin a wick or roll of gauze of appropriate size, wrapped ingutta-percha tissue. The free edge of the rubber may befastened d
The surgical assistant, a manual for students, practitioners, hospital internes and nurses . nto all its recesses. The edges of the bag projectbeyond the skin. Packings are laid in the wound thus linedwith gauze, and renewed at intervals, the bag- itself being left Drains and Packings. 123 in place for several days (usually until it is loosened bywound secretions). Gauze drains should be trimmed evenly, and freed ofravelled strands. The cigarette {or Morris) drain consistsin a wick or roll of gauze of appropriate size, wrapped ingutta-percha tissue. The free edge of the rubber may befastened down by slightly moistening it with gauze must project beyond the rubber at each end. Thisdrain combines the advantages of gauze capillarity with theease of removal of rubber tubing. It is introduced withdressing forceps or with the fingers. Drainage tubes should be cut obliquely at the deep end, andthe edge of this cut bevelled with curved scissors. Fenes-trae may be cut along the tube, of size and number determinedby the nature and quantity of the discharge to be Fig. 34. Preparation of drainage tube. Two medium-sized tubes drain better than one large one,more especially since they afford the means of recurrent irri-gation. A safety-pin is usually fastened through the project-
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