INDEX TO VOLUME II 



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Artery, innominate : ligature of, its fatality, 45. 

 this may be removed by antisepsis, 45. 



Artery, temporal : traumatic arterio-vcnous ancu- 

 rvsm of, ligature of vessels for, 105. 



ARTICULAR DISEASE, REPORT OF SOME 

 CASES OE, OCCURRING IN MR. SYME'S 

 PRACTICE, EXEMPLIFYING THE AD- 

 N'ANTAGES OF THE ACTUAL CAUTERY 



(1854), Z72>' 

 Asepsis of hands and instruments wiser than trust- 

 ing to most perfect cleanliness, 335. 

 Aseptic results : constancy of, with cyanide of 

 mercury and zinc dressing, 339. 

 obtained without exclusion of living atmospheric 



organisms, 342. 

 means of obtaining constancy of, 349. 

 ' Aseptin ', 227. 



boracic acid the active principle in, 227. 

 Aspirator : antiseptic use of, in evacuation of serous 



and purulent collections, 223. 

 Aspirator, Dieulafoy's: 256; often becomes blocked 



by lymph, 256. 

 Assistants at an operation : need of scrupulous 



care on part of, 344. 

 Association, British xMedical : demonstrations of 



antiseptic surgery before members of, 256. 

 Astlej- Cooper Prize: won by Wharton Jones for 

 essay on arrest of red corpuscles in capillaries 

 in inflammation, 518. 

 Atlas and axis : disease between, greatly benefited 



by actual cautciy (Syme), 376, 2i77- 

 Atmosphere : suppuration in wounds caused by 

 organisms in, 2,7' 

 filtered of contained particles by cotton wool, 



176, 178. 

 not excluded, but floating ferments in, destroyed 



by antiseptic dressing, 205. 

 destruction of floating ferments in, the essence 



of antiseptic treatment, 205. 

 is it necessary to consider question of its conta- 

 mination ? 279. 

 perv'aded by germs of minute organisms, 483. 

 microbes in, not to be dreaded in surgical prac- 

 tice, 499. 

 attenuated microbes in, not to be dreaded in 

 surgical practice, 499. 

 Atmosphere, antiseptic. See Antiseptic. 

 Atmosphere, gases in : no forms of life arise spon- 

 taneously in, 57. 

 Atmosphere in hospitals : purified by antiseptic 



treatment, 136. 

 Atmosphere of surgical ward : vitiated by emanei- 



tions from sores, 135. 

 Atmospheric particles : low forms of life in, spring- 

 ing from pre-existing organisms, 60. 

 Attenuation of virus in fowl cholera tho clue to 

 difference of virulence of same disease in 

 different epidemics, 504. 

 application of principle in production of immu- 

 nity against anthrax, 504. 

 analogy with vaccination against small-pox, 504. 

 Axilla : division of both pectorals and free exposure 

 of, in removal of scirrlius of breast, 158. J 

 cicatricial web of, dixided and subjected to 

 elastic traction under antiseptic dressing, 210. 

 method of obtaining free access to, for removal 

 of glands in operating for cancer of breast, 272. 

 systematic clearance of contents of, in removal 

 of cancerous breast, 272. 



Axilla {continued) : 



drainage of, after clearing out in removal of 



breast, 273. 

 Axillary abscess. See Abscess. 

 Axillary aneurj'sm. See Aneurysm. 

 Axillary artery. See Artery. 

 Axis and Atlas : disease between, greatly benefited 



by actual cautery (Syme), 376, ijj. 



Bacillus anlhracis : has very resisting spores, 351. 

 if killed in catgut ligatures does not get into 



wounds, 351. 

 its size in comparison with influenza bacillus, 502. 

 Bacillus of diphtheria : disco\'ered by Loeffler, 508. 

 Bacillus, comma. See Cholera. 

 Bacillus, hay : has exceedingly resisting spores, 



351 ; does no harm in wounds, 351. 

 Bacillus of influenza : discovered by Pfeiffer, 502. 



its minuteness, 502. 

 Bacillus pyocyanens : killed by carbolic acid, 341, 

 342. 

 destroyed by weak sublimate solutions, 344. 

 Bacillus of tetanus, 508. 



Bacillus of tubercle : always present in pyogenic 

 membrane of chronic abscess, 347. 

 Yersin's experiments on agents having germicidal 



action upon, 351. 

 killed more quickly by carbohc acid than by 



corrosive sublimate, 352. 

 Crookshank's experiments on, as found in phtlii- 



sical sputum, 352. 

 destructive power of carbolic acid on, ^-.-^ 3 Si- 

 need not be feared in surgical work if sponges 



steeped in strong carbolic lotion, 353. 

 discovered by Koch, 502. 

 Bacteria : not always present in abscess, 216. 

 in water, number and variety of, 226, 277. 

 after wide diffusion by means of water, incapable 

 of developing in undiluted healthy serum, 2yS ; 

 suggested explanation of fact, 278, 279. 

 diffusion of chemically irritating products of, 



beyond limits of septic process, 284. 

 cannot grow on mucus of healthy urethra, 2SS. 

 unable to develop in concentrated organic solu- 

 tions (Naegeli in footnote), 290. 

 develop less easily in organic solution in propor- 

 tion to its concentration. 355. 

 action of iodoform on, 356; has httle influence 

 on growth of, outside body, 356; produces 

 chemical changes in toxins of, 356. 

 Bacteria, pathogenic : a term introduced by Ger- 

 man pathologists, 289 (footnote). 

 normal blood serum not faxourablc soil for 

 growth of, when not in too strong a dose, 



350- 



Bacteria : ' plate culture ' of, demonstrated by 

 Koch, 502. 

 description of method. 503. 

 its importance recognized by Pasteur, 503. 



Bacteria, putrefactive : resistance of organizing 

 blood clot or lymph to, 286. 



Bacteria, septic : dc\elopment of, prevented by 

 blood clot, 2S0; development of, prevented 

 by he;dthv living tissues, 2S0. 



Bacteria, spore-bearing : resist all known germi- 

 cidal agents that could be used in operation, 



341. 

 Bacteria, sporeless : killed by carbolic acid, 341, 



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