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INDEX TO VOLUME II 



Antisepsis distinct from acstlictic cleanliness, 291. 

 Antisepsis of instruments : importance of, during 



operations, 219. 

 Antisepsis, natural : dependent on action of blood 



and living tissues, 342. 

 Antisepsis of wound : without abnormal stimulus, 



secured by antiseptic to exclude putrefaction 



ajid 'protective' to exclude antiseptic, 145. 

 Antiseptic : a necessary e\il to attain a greater 



good, 181. 

 Antiseptic : carbolic acid as an, 37. 



though a stimulant when applied to recent wound, 



is absorbed before it can cause granulation, 



82. 

 must act for days on wound before converting 



into granulating sore hable to suppuration, 



while preventing putrefaction, stimulates to 

 suppuration if action protracted, 265. 



Antiseptic agents : mere use of, as dressings 

 practised in many parts of the world, 5 1 ; this 

 not the system originated in Glasgow, 51. 



Antiseptic atmosphere : produced by carbolic spray 

 during operations, 170, 180, 258. 

 in operations, created by carbolic spray, 180. 



Antiseptic catgut ligature. See Catgut. 



Antiseptic cement : attempts to obtain, yy. 



ANTISEPTIC DRESSING UNDER SOME CIR- 

 CUMSTANCES OF DIFFICULTY, EXCLUD- 

 ING a:\iputation at the hip-joint 



(1871-2), 199. 

 ANTISEPTIC DRESSING, ADDRESS ON A 



NEW (1889), 309. 

 Antiseptic dressing : necessity of persevering 

 \vith, in spite of suppuration, 39, 43. 

 of compound fracture, 43. 

 in amputations, 44. 

 of contused and lacerated wounds, 44. 

 of simple incised wounds, 44. 

 in operation for hernia, 44. 



absence of adhesiveness important when in- 

 tended to be changed from time to time, 

 78. 

 adhesiveness required in permanent dressing for 



compound fracture, 78. 

 pccuhar advantages of chloride of zinc as, 214. 

 mode of testing, 301 ; test applied to sublimate 

 wool, 301, 302, 303, 304, 305; to sahcylic 

 cotton wool, eucalyptus gauze, iodoform 

 cotton wool, and carbohc gauze, 305. 

 precautions in changing, 346, 36^, 364. 

 will allow access of septic evil to wound if blood 

 or serum penetrates to exterior, ^^j ; other 

 disadvantages of, 357, 358. 

 how hairs may be converted into part of, 363. 

 Antiseptic dressing, compound : after removal of 



breast, 208. 

 Antiseptic dressing, external : essential quahties of, 



358. 

 Antiseptic dressings, porous : author's opposition 

 to, 167. 

 later finds oakum useful, 168. 

 Antiseptic gauze dressing. See Gauze. 

 Antiseptic guard : must extend freely in every 



direction beyond source of discharge, 76. 

 Antiseptic irrigation of wound needless, 500. 

 Antiseptic ligature : of carotid in horse, results 

 of experiments justifying application of 

 method in man, 64. 



Antiseptic ligature [conlinued): 



of large artery in its continuity, no secondary 



haemorrhage after, 65. 

 safety of, in \-icinity of considerable arterial 



branch, 221. 

 ANTISEPTIC -MANAGEMENT OF WOUNDS, 



AN ADDRESS ON THE (1893), 349. 

 Antiseptic method : in ligature of arteries, 86. 

 Antiseptic period : tables showing mortality from 



pyaemia after amputation, before and during 



antiseptic period, 128, 129. 

 comparison of results of amputations in the two 



periods, 129, i 30. 

 ANTISEPTIC PRINCIPLE IN THE PRACTICE 



OF SURGERY, ON THE (1867), 2>7. 

 Antiseptic principle : will remain, however methods 



of carrj-ang it out may vary, 198. 

 danger of disregarding, 289. 

 Antiseptic solutions, direct apphcation of, in general 



not attended with same disadvantages as in 



peritoneal cavity, 336. 

 Antiseptic substances : may produce granulation 



and suppuration, 49. 

 ' Antiseptic suppuration ' : 265. 



prevented by 'protective', 152, 163. 

 under boracic-acid dressing, 230. 

 ANTISEPTIC SURGERY, RECENT IMPROVE- 

 MENTS IN THE DETAILS OF (1875), 206. 

 ANTISEPTIC SURGERY, DEMONSTRATIONS 



OF, BEFORE MEMBERS OF THE BRITISH 



MEDICAL ASSOCIATION (1875), 256. 

 ANTISEPTIC SURGERY: AN ADDRESS ON 



THE PRESENT POSITION OF (1890), 332. 

 ANTISEPTIC SURGERY, ON THE PRIN- 



CIPLES OF (1 89 1), 340. 

 ANTISEPTIC SURGERY, ON SOME POINTS 



IN THE HISTORY OF (1908), 365. 

 Antiseptic surgery : demonstrations of before 



members of the British Medical Association, 



256: 

 (i) opening of knee-joint distended with effu- 

 sion, 256, 257, 258, 259, 260, 261, 268. 

 {2) incision into inflammatory thickening at 



under side of ankle, 263, 264, 265. 



(3) ununited fracture of lower part of femur, 266. 



(4) ligature of external iliac artery in its con- 

 tinuity, 268. 



(5) arrest of venous haemorrhage by means of 

 catgut ligature, 271, 272, 273. 



impetus given to, by bacteriology, 341. 

 theory of, completed by doctrine of phagocy- 

 tosis, 514. 



Antiseptic sutures : made of silk steeped in mix- 

 ture of bees-wax and carbolic acid, 139. 



ANTISEPTIC SYSTEM OF TREATMENT IN 

 SURGERY, ILLUSTRATIONS OF (1 867), 46. 



ANTISEPTIC SYSTEM OF TREATMENT IX 

 SURGERY, ADDRESS ON THE (1868), 51. 



ANTISEPTIC SYSTEM OF TREATMENT : ON 

 THE EFFECTS UPON THE SALUBRITY 

 OF A SURGICAL HOSPITAL (1870), 12 ^ 



ANTISEPTIC SYSTEM : FURTHER EVI- 

 DENCE REGARDING THE EFFECTS OF, 

 UPON THE SALUBRITY OF A SURGICAL 

 HOSPITAL (1870), 156. 



Antiseptic system : not mere use of antiseptic 

 agent as a dressing, 51,1 27. 

 success of, impossible without belief in germ 

 theory of putrefaction, 54. 



