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Antiseptic treatment of abscess, 32. 



of psoas abscess, carbolic acid does not enter 

 ca\'it\% 1 86. 

 Antiseptic treatment in cases of amputation and 

 excision : causes of failure in, 131. 

 use of chloride of zinc as a part of. 1 3 1 [footnote). 

 Antiseptic treatment of compound fracture : early 

 cases of (leg), 3, 4, 5. 7. 

 (ulna), 6. 

 (humerus), 6. 

 (forearm), 9, 151. 



(lower limb), unvarying success of, 50. 

 block tin superseded in, 142. 

 (olecranon), 151. 



(forearm), occurrence of putrefaction due to 

 small slough just beyond edge of lac-plaster, 



151. 

 Antiseptic treatment of gunshot wound of femur, 



76 (Cresswcll in footnote). 

 Antiseptic treatment of senile gangrene, 195. 

 Antiseptic treatment of sinuses from caries of bone, 



214. 

 Antiseptic treatment in surgery : fundamental 

 truth on which it is based now (1891) univer- 

 sally recognized, 340. * 

 original idea of, was exclusion of microbes from 

 wounds, 340. 

 Antiseptic treatment of ulcers, 196. 



illustrative cases, 196. 

 Antiseptic washing and irrigation imnecessary if 



septic defilement of wound avoided, 2,37- 

 Antiseptics : difference in suppurative process 

 caused by, and that produced bv putrefaction, 

 49. " 



their action on compound fracture, 49. 

 mode of avoiding suppuration from stimulating 



action of, 50. 

 distinction between germicidal and inhibitor}-, 

 296, 359; established by Koch, 296; these 

 two properties not similarly proportioned in all, 



359- 

 method of experimenting on properties of, 



311. 



Antiseptics, chemical : must be used whenever dis- 

 charge is considerable, 339. 

 prevention of contamination in operations and 

 dressing of wounds in absence of, 355. 



Antiseptics and putrefactive products : both stimu- 

 late sores, but action of former is superficial, 

 whereas latter propagates itself, 149. 



Antiseptics, volatile : disadvantages of, 294, 295. 



Antitoxic substances produced by system, 513. 



Antitoxin of diphtheria, 509, 510. 



Antitoxin of snake poison, 510. 



Antitoxin of tetanus, 509, 510. 



Aorta : of one of larger animals, ligatures made of 

 (Barwell), 104. 



Archigenes : used band encircling limb during am- 

 putation, 379. 

 his method of amputation used in seventeenth 

 century, 381 ; unsatisfactorj^ results of method, 

 381. 



Arm, amputation of, 399, 400. 



Arterial dilatation : an early symptom of inflam- 

 mation in man, 528. 

 produced indirectly through nervous system, 



528. 

 tliis illustrated by remo\-al of stitches of wound, 

 528. 



Arteries : deligation of, made safe by antisepsis, 45. 

 antisepticized ligature of animal tissue surrounds 



vessel with living tissue and strengthens it at 



obstructed part, 98. 

 division of internal and middle coats of, not 



essential in ligature, 94, 106. 

 antiseptic ligature of, in their continuity, 269. 

 risks of non-antiseptic operation, 269. 

 Arteries, large : ligature of, in their continuity with 



catgut, 87 ; deaths from secondary haemor- 

 rhage after, 102. 

 failure of operation owing to opening of channel 



of vessels after, 102. 

 no haemorrhage after ligature of, during first 



week, 190. 

 bleeding occurs o\ving to irritation of septic 



ligature, 190. 

 if ligature not septic, no weakening of external 



coat, 190. 

 Arteries : ligature of, in antiseptic system, 63, 86. 

 prevents decomposition of putrefactive germs in 



thread, 63. 

 method first tested in horse, 64. 

 secondary haemorrhage after, caused by putre- 

 faction of tissue, 86. 

 secondary haemorrhage from, more frequent from 



the distal than the cardiac end, 86 [footnote) ; 



explanation of this fact, 86 [footnote). 

 death of external coat of, not in itself cause of 



suppuration, 87. 

 Ugature of, in their continuity under antiseptic 



system, 188, 269. 

 risks of non-antiseptic operation, 269. 

 Arteries, torsion of : comparatively seldom resorted 



to by author, 183. 

 Artery, axillary : aneurysm of, Sjone's operation 



for, 286, 287. 

 illustrates action of blood clot in prevention of 



putrefaction, 287. 

 Artery, carotid : ligature of, for carotid aneurysm, 



105. 

 Artery, carotid : in calf : ligature of, vdth threads 



of animal tissue, 93 ; examination of parts after 



death, 94. 

 effects of, on vessels, 97. 

 Artery, carotid : in horse, ligature of, with purse 



silk steeped in saturated watery solution of 



carbolic acid, 64. 

 Artery, common iUac : compression of, by wooden 



cylinder introduced into rectum in amputation 



of hip-joint, 415. 

 Artery, external iliac : ligature of, on antiseptic 



system, 88. 

 unsuccessful case of hgature of, -with silk (Glutton), 



102. 

 ligature of, for three aneurysms in one limb 



(Pemberton), 11 1. 

 Artery, femoral : hgature' of, with catgut for 



popliteal aneurysm (six cases), 105, 188, 189. 

 ligature of, with antisepticized catgut for popli- 

 teal aneurysm; cases of, 188, 189, 218, 219, 



220, 221. 

 hgature of, under carbolic spray, safer than cut 



in skin without antiseptic treatment in ordi- 

 nary hospitals, 190. 

 Artery, external iliac : antiseptic ligature of 



(Annandale), 268. 

 wound healed without suppuration in fifteen 



days, 269. 



