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America. The following are the more important articles that have come 

 to the writer's attention: 



Cathcart, Charles W. 



1915. Cheap absorbent dressing for the wounded. British Med. 

 Journ., Vol. 38, pp. 137-138. 



1916. Methods of preparing sphagnum moss as a surgical dressing. 

 The Lancet, Apr. 15, p. 820. 



Cathcart, Charles W. and Balfour, I. Bagley. 



1914. Bog moss for surgical dressings. The Scotsman, Nov. 17. 



Hotson, J. W. 



1918a. Sphagnum as a surgical dressing. A pamphlet of 31 pages 



published by the Northwestern Division of the American Red 



Cross, Seattle, May. Reprinted in th<i Journal of the American 



Peat Society, Vol. 11, pp. 195-226, Oct. 1918. 

 1918b. Sphagnum as a surgical dressing. Science, Vol. 48, pp. 



203-208. Aug. 30. 



London Graphic. 



1916. Sphagnum dressings. Sept., p. 281. 



Neuber. 



1882. Erfahrungen iiber Iodoform und Torf-Verbiinde. Arch. f. 

 Klin. Chir., Vol. 27, pp. 757-788. 



Nichols, George E. 



1918a. War work for Bryologists. Bryologist, Vol. 21, pp. 53-56. 



July. 

 1918b. American Red Cross wants information. Bryologist, Vol. 21. 



pp. 80-83. Sept. 

 1918c. The Sphagnum moss and its use in surgical dressings. Journ. 



N. Y. Bot. Garden, Vol. 19, pp. 203-220. Sept. 



Ogston, Sir Alexander. 



1916. Sphagnum moss as a dressing. National Review, Aug. 



Porter, John B. 



1917. Sphagnum surgical dressing. Internat. Journ. Surgery, Vol. 

 30, pp. 129-135. Reprinted by the Canadian Red Cross. 



