INDEX TO VOLUME II 



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Antiseptic system (continued) : 



ligature of external iliac artery on, 88. 



immunity of author's wards in Glasgow Royal 

 Infirmary from ordinary evils of surgical hos- 

 pitals under, 126 ; transformed into the 

 healthiest in the world, 5Cxd. 



not mere use of an antiseptic, but management 

 to prevent putrefaction, 127. 



loose style of ' giving the treatment a trial ' 

 swells death-rate of compound fracture and 

 amputation, 127. 



pyaemia, erysipelas, and hospital gangrene ban- 

 ished by, 134, 500. 



illustrations of healthiness of wards resulting 

 from, even under unfavourable hygienic con- 

 ditions, 134. 



importance of, in relation to hospital construc- 

 tion, 135. 



removes malignant influence of impure atmo- 

 sphere in hospitals, 136. 



author's prediction as to improvement in healthi- 

 ness of surgical hospital when principle gene- 

 rally acted on, 131, 156. 



letter from Professor Saxtorph of Copenhagen 

 giving his experience, 156. 



does not owe its efficacy to any specific virtue 

 in agent employed, i-,/. 



cannot be taught by rule of thumb, 157. 



its principle is to render impossible existence of 

 living septic organism in affected part, 157. 



must be based on germ theory of putrefaction, 

 157, 172; belief in this yet (1870) subject of 

 doubts in tliis country, 158. 



causes of failure in appUcation of, 172. 



practical initiation in method necessary, 172. 



its advantages illustrated by ligature of arteries 

 in their continuity, 188. 



purifying effects of antiseptic system on atmo- 

 sphere of hospitals, 196, 197, 



examples at Liverpool, 196; at Glasgow and 

 Edinburgh, 197. 



expression of surprise at apathy in regard to it, 

 197. 



good results said to be due to author's personal 

 care, 264; really due to working on new 

 principle, 264. 



surgery revolutionized by, 341. 



hospitals no longer pest houses since its intro- 

 duction, 341. 



operations previously prohibited successfully per- 

 formed under, 341. 



gradual spread of, 364. 



based on germ theory of putrefaction, 479. 



exposition of, 495. 



first appliances rude and needlessly comphcatcd, 

 498. 



improvements in, 498. 



carbolic acid still ( 1 896) best agent for purifying 

 skin around wound, 499. 



results of, on healthiness of hospitals, 500. 



in regard to treatment of wounds and enlarge- 

 ment of field of operative surgery, 501. 

 Antiseptic system of trc^itment, address on, 

 172. 



causes interfering with general acceptance of, 

 172. 

 antisi:ptic TREATMKNT, a MF^THOD (^F, 

 AFI^LICABLI-: TO WOUNDED SOLDIERS 

 IN THE PRESENT WAR (1870), 161. 



ANTISEPTIC TREATMENT IN SURGERY, A 

 CASE ILLUSTRATING THE PRESENT 

 ASPECT OF THE (1871), 165. 

 ANTISEPTIC TREATMENT: ADDRESS ON 

 THE EFFECT OF, UPON THE GENERAL 

 SALUBRITY OF SURGICAL HOSPITALS 

 (1875), ^47- 

 Antiseptic treatment : obviates amputation after 

 compound fracture of limbs, ^y. 



and hgatures, 44. 



in dehgation of artery, 45. 



effect of, on healthiness of hospitals, 45, 247 ; 

 illustrations of, on Continent, 247. 



banished hospital gangrene, pyaemia and erysi- 

 pelas from author's wards in Glasgow Royal 

 Infirmary, 45. 



most signally successful in incised wounds, in 

 contused or lacerated wounds, compound frac- 

 tures and abscesses, 46. 



based on germ theory, 46. 



general principles of, 47. 



requisites for success of, 51. 



not merely the use of carbolic acid as a dressing, 5 1 . 



of acute necrosis, 65, 



essential object of, not avoidance of suppuration 

 but prevention of putrefaction, 75. 



illustrated by case of compound dislocation of 

 ankle with other injuries, 137. 



details of dressing, 138, 139, 179. 



intervals between dressings, 154. 



causes of failure, 157, 158, 468, 470. 



details of method, (1871) 179, (1S90) 336. 



promotes healing after division of cicatricial web 

 with subsequent elastic traction, 201. 



does not operate bv ' excluding the air ' but 

 dcsti-oys vitality of floating ferments in atmo- 

 sphere, 205. 



prevents but docs not correct putrefaction, 216. 



use of drainage tube in, 216, 217. 



not invalidated by assumption that septic 

 material is not hving organism but chemical 

 ferment, 219 {footnote). 



value of, in treatment of wounds, compound 

 fractures, amputations, excisions, and abscesses 

 connected with bone disease, 248. 



docs not involve greater cleanliness, 254. 



alleged long duration of patient's stay in hospital 

 under, 255 ; this true of otlierwise incurable 

 ciises, 255. 



makes healing more rapid in other cases, 255. 



none but thoroughly aseptic instruments must 

 be used, 260. 



instances of imperfection in carrying out, 259. 



chief essential to success a con\iction of presence 

 of septic matter in all objects in world around 

 us, 259. 



objections to, in ovariotonu', 275 ; later success- 

 ful results of, 276. 



the two essential conditions of, 2S0. 



refutation of charge that it loads to neglect of 

 general hygiene and consideration of consti- 

 tutional state of patient before operation, 

 291. 



and the healthiness of wards, 291. 



enlarges possibility of surgery in constitutional 

 as well iis local direction, 292. 



unexpected failures of, 293 ; illustrative cases, 

 ^03. 



conditions of, j,2.\. 



