The Medical and Surgical Reporter, Volume 67Crissy & Markley, Printers, 1892 - Medicine |
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Page 596 - Excision of the appendix in cases of appendicitis before perforation has occurred, is both a curative and prophylactic measure. 4. The most constant and reliable symptoms indicating the existence of appendicitis are recurring pains and circumscribed tenderness in the region of the appendix. 5. All operations should be done through a straight incision, parallel to and directly over the caecum.
Page 304 - As soon as this is poured over the wound evaporation begins to take place at once, and the celluloidin hardens, gumming the gauze fast to the skin. To avoid delay in waiting for this to grow quite hard, and to prevent adhesion to the cotton applied above it, the whole surface is freely dusted over with a finely powdered mixture of iodoform and boric acid: " 5 Pulveris iodoformi, 4 grammes, or i drachm; Acidi borici, 28 grammes, or 7 drachms.
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Page 304 - After closure of the incision, the skin, the line of the wound, and the sutures are dried, and two layers of sterilized gauze or cheese-cloth, large enough to project five to ten centimetres (two to four inches) beyond the incision on all sides, laid on the skin. This is saturated with the following adhesive mixture, which is evenly distributed over the whole surface...