INDEX TO VOLUME II 



Abdomen : jjcnctrating wound of, 6i. 

 Abdominal abscesses. See Abscesses. 

 Abdominal surgery : successful results without 



use of antiseptics, 275. 

 success of Bantock and Lawson Tait in, without 



antiseptic means, a stumbling-block to some, 



33S- 

 their care in purihcatiou of sponges, wasliing out 

 and draining peritoneum, 335. 



Abdominal wounds. See ^Vounds. 



Abrasions : complicating simple fracture, anti- 

 septic treatment of, 232. 



ABSCESS, PRELBIINARY NOTICE OX (1867), 



32. 

 Abscess : new method of treating, i, 32. 



details of antiseptic mode of dressing, 2,2,, 4i> it!5. 



366. 

 incision of, need not be in dependent situcition, 34. 

 antiseptic opening of, removes risk of irritative 



fever or hectic, 34. 

 free opening in ordinary w^ay gives access to air 



which causes decomposition, 42. 

 evacuated aiitiseptically ceases to suppurate, 42. 

 before opening, as a rule contains no septic 



organisms, 42. 

 rare cases in which organisms are present, 42. 

 in vicinity of colon, \ibrios in pus of, 42 {footnote). 

 from disease of elbow-joint, treated antiseptically, 



43. 



basis of author's treatment of, 146. 



antiseptic treatment of, 1S5, 186, 223, 224, 366. 



opening of, under carbolic spray, 186. 



if completely emptied at once, no pus forms after- 

 wards, 186. 



under antiseptic conditions, carbolic acid does 

 not enter cavit}', 186. 



fetor of pus not always due to septic organisms, 

 216. 



importance of drainage tube in treatment of, 

 217, 



rarely cured by opening which is allowed to close. 

 223. 



conditions of success, 224. 



poulticing promotes putrefaction, 347, 348. 

 Abscess, acute: streptococci and staphylococci in 

 (Ogston), 50 r. 



changes in, illustrating germ theory of putrefac- 

 tion, 480, 48 1 . 

 Abscess, axillary : case in which drainage tube was 



first used, },Gy. 

 Abscess : in compound fracture of femur, indepen- 

 dently of atmospheric iuHucnce, 21, 26. 



connected witii disease of hijvjoint, failure of 

 antiseptic dressing necessitating excision, 207, 

 208. 



Abscess, limited : after ovariotomy, 286. 

 Abscess, lumbar : with putrid contents successful, 

 treated by antiseptic system, 348. 



picture of course of events, 348. 



case in w^hich antiseptic principle first applic 

 366. 

 Abscess, mammary : acute, antiseptic treatment < 



346. 

 Abscess, psoas : treated antiseptically, 34, 187. 



closing of sinus, following opening after mont' 

 of antiseptic dressing, 2,6, 43. 



illustration of use of carbolic spray in openir 

 181. 



case of, 1 86. 



communicating with diseased vertebrae, 186. 



tliis proved by discharge of cancellated bone froi 

 186. 



hope of cure under antiseptic treatment, 186. 



serous discharge from, sometimes comes to stii 

 in antiseptic dressing, 187; cause of this un- 

 known, 187; illustrative case, 18S. 



use of corrosive subUmate gauze as dressing for. 



0^5^ 304- 

 of spinal origin, con\-ersion of pubic hairs into 

 antiseptic application by rubbing in moistened 

 cyanide of zinc and mercur}% 323. 

 chronic, antiseptic treatment of, 346. 

 washing out, with corrosive sublimate and stitch- 

 ing incision, 346 (footnote). 

 use of ' flushing gouge ', 346 [footnote). 

 Abscess of rectimi, subcutaneous : pointing near 

 anus, antiseptic treatment of, 215 ; dealt with 

 in this way heals without formation of fistula. 

 348. 

 Abscess beside rectum : antiseptic treatment of , 2 1 5 : 



fistula prevented by this, 216. 

 Abscess, unopened : antiseptic treatment of, 48. 

 Abscess wall : essentially similar to granulations of 



a sore, 148. 

 Abscesses : originate from simple inflammaton,- 

 suppuration, 40. 

 antiseptic treatment of. 42. 

 Abscesses, abdominal : with foul contents (unless 

 there be faecal matter) should be treated anti- 

 septically, 348. 

 Abscesses, acute : micrococci in (Ogston), 347. 

 always contain pyogenic micrococci. 347. 

 acrid products of putrefaction act injuriously on 



pyogenic membrane, 347. 

 tension hindci-s ilestruction of micrococci by 

 natural antisepsis, 347. 

 Abscesses, acute and chronic : value of antiseptic 



treatment in, 340. 

 Abscesses coiuiccted with bone disease : antiseptic 

 treatment of (Saxtorph), 248. 



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