INDEX TO VOLUME II 



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Blood, coagulation of (continued) : 



experiments by author on, 535 (and footnote), 



536, 537, 53i^- 

 action of solids on, 537. 

 healthy living tissue has not aggregating pro 



perty of solids, 537. 

 brought about by operation of noxious agents in 



tissues concerned, 539. 

 See also Buffy Coat. 

 Blood corpuscles. See Corpuscles. 

 Blood, decomposition of : cause of suppuration in 

 wounds, },j. 

 cause of local inflammation and febrile disturb- 

 ance after injuries, t,j. 

 Blood, extravasated : scat of suppuration without 



external wound, 21. 

 Blood, human : shows buffy coat in inflammatory 



states, 521. 

 Blood : putrefaction produced in, by mixture of 



putrid blood with boiled water, 278. 

 Blood, putrid : diluted with boiled water added to 

 serum causes no putrefaction or development 

 of micro-organisms, 278. 

 Blood, stasis of : in web of frog's foot and in 

 bat's wing as result of irritating applications, 

 518. 

 in inflammation, Wharton Jones's researches on, 

 518; author's investigiitions on, 518, 519, 520; 

 due to tendency of corpuscles to accumulate 

 in vessels of irritated area, 522. 

 Blood, uncontaminated : no putrefactive change 

 caused by exposure to air or introduction of 

 dust, 279. 

 Bloodless method of operation, 213 ; Esmarch's 

 india-rubber tube substituted for tourniquet, 

 213 (footnote). 

 Bone : absorption of chips of, produced in anti- 

 septic operation for ununited fracture of neck 

 of femur, 193. 

 Bone, caries of. See caries. 



Bone, dead : absorption of, by granulation tissue 

 in case of compound fracture of leg treated 

 antiseptically, 16, 66, 148. 

 free from decomposition, absorbed by granula- 

 tions, 40. 

 soaked with putrid pus induces suppuration in 



vicinity, 40. 

 in acute necrosis of tibia, 66. 

 absorption of, by granulations when there is no 



putrefaction, 1 17. 

 replaced by living osseous tissue under antiseptic 

 dressing, 497. 

 Bone killed by inflammation does not, under 

 antiseptic treatment, induce suppuration, 66. 

 Bone pliers : Listen's, use of, in amputation, 



393- 

 Bonn : effects of antiseptic treatment in clinical 



hospital at, 253. 



Boracic acid : antiseptic properties of, 227. 



used in onychia, 227 ; in pruritus ani, 22S ; 



in eczema, 228 ; in recent abrasions, 27,2. 



interferes with cicatrization less than carbolic 



acid, 229. 



particularl}' useful for slcin grafting, 230. 



Boracic acid lotion : use of sponges soaked in, for 



wounds communicating with mouth, 245. 



Boracic acid ointment : preparation of, 240. 



use of, after excision of rodent ulcer, 240, 244 ; 



use of, after excision of joint with sinuses where 



chloride of zinc has failed to eradicate septic 

 condition, 246. 

 Boracic lint : mode of preparation, 229. 

 use of, in treatment of ulcers, 229. 

 details of dressing, 229, 230. 

 as moist appUcation in treatment of foul ulcers, 



232. 

 in treatment of deep burns, 233. 



illustrative cases, 233. 

 as moist dressing after operations on penis, 2t,Ti, 



234, 235, 236, 237, 238. 239. 

 in hypospadias, 236, 237, 238. 

 in defective meatus, 238, 239, 240. 

 Breast. See j\Iamma. 



Briicke (Vienna) : his observation that blood 

 remains fluid in turtle's heart long after 

 removal from body, 537 (footnote). 

 Bruns (Tubingen): his paper Fort niit dem Spray, 

 280 (and footnote). 

 advocates carbolic irrigation in place of spray, 

 280 (footnote). 

 Buchanan, Andrew : coagulation of hydrocele 

 fluid by addition of serum of coagulated 

 blood, 257. 

 mechanism of coagulation of blood, 538. 

 Buchanan, George : compound fracture of leg 

 treated with pure carbolic acid, 28. 

 case of compound dislocation of ankle treated 

 antiseptically, 141. 

 Buffy coat : in coagulated blood of horse, 521. 

 in donkey, 521. 

 none in cow, 521. 



not due to slowness of coagulation, 521. 

 in human blood in coagulation, 521. 

 in anaemia, 521 (and footnote). 

 Burns : boracic lint in treatment of, 233. 

 Bursa patellae : chronic inflammation of, treated 

 antiseptically, 221. 

 inflamed, painless puncture of, under ether 



spray, 222 (footnote). 

 inflammation kept up in, by presence of fluid in 

 sac, 223. 

 Bursitis patellae: antiseptic treatment of, 221. 



description of inflammatory process in, 22},. 

 Busch, V. : effects of antiseptic treatment in 



clinical hospital, Bonn, 253. 

 ' Button suture ', description of, 241. 



use of, 241, 242 ; after removal of breast, Z/2>' 



Caesarean section : death caused by giving way of 



knots of catgut ligature in internal wound, 101. 

 Cagniard-Latour : discovery of yeast plant, 470, 493. 

 Calf : ligature of carotid artery of. on antiseptic 



system with threads of animal tissue, 93. 

 examination of parts after death, 94. 

 Calf Ivmph : siiould be used in vaccination, 506. 

 Calmette : antitoxin protecting against snake 



poison, 5 10. 

 Cameron, A. : cases of compound fracture of ulna 



treated with carbolizcd oil, 2j. 

 Cameron, Hector C. : carbolic acid in treatment 



of contused and lacerated wouiul of hand, 44. 

 case of jienetrating wound of thorax and 



abdomen, 01. 

 case of psoas abscess successfully treated by 



antiseptic method, 187. 

 contribution on zinco-cyanideof mercury dressing 



by author to his Dr. James Watson Lectures, 



(liasgow. 329, 365. 



