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Cameron, Hector C. {continued) : 



letter to (1906), on some points in history of 



antiseptic surgery, 365. 

 extract from lecture by, relating experiment of 



Lord Lister (1894), showing avidity with which 



carbolic acid seizes upon epidermic tissues, 370 



(and footnote), 371 (footnote). 

 case of ununited fracture of olecranon sent to 



author for ^\iring, 453. 

 case of transverse fracture of patella treated by 



wiring, 456, 457, 

 use of continued ^vire suture in fractured patella, 



474, 

 Cancer : application of chloride of zinc to wound 



after operation to prevent recurrence (Camp- 

 bell de Morgan), 51. 

 Cancer, epithelial : of tongue : operation on, by 



Syme's method, 53. 

 Cancer of maxillary bones : chloride of zinc used 



after operation for, 53. 

 Cancer of penis : boracic lint as dressing after 



operation for, 235. 

 Cancer, scirrhous, of breast : removed with 



division of pectoral muscles and free exposure 



of axilla under antisepsis, 158. 

 Carbolated cotton wool. See Cotton. 

 Carbolic acid : author struck by effect of, on 



sewage of Carlisle (1864), 3. 

 destroys entozoa infesting cattle, 3. 

 glacial or crystalline, and fluid, 3 (footnote). 

 preventive of suppuration, 3. 

 advantages of, in dressing wounds, 4; details of 



method, 4. 

 in compound fracture cases, 4, 5, 6, 7, 28, 29, 



38, 41, 341. 

 improvement in mode of use, by protecting crust 



with metallic covering instead of oiled silk or 



gutta percha, 6. 

 in extravasated blood, removed by absorption, 9. 

 causing suppuration, 8, 11, 40, 147. 

 and blood-clot fused together into living mass, 



II. 

 tends to check cicatrization, 14. 

 a painless caustic, 15. 

 in compound fracture of femur, 18. 

 in compound fracture of leg, 28, 29, ^8. 

 in treatment of abscess, 32. 

 its destructive power on low forms of life, 37. 

 though preventing decomposition, may induce 



suppuration by acting as chemical stimulus, 



40, 147. 

 stimulates only surface to which it is applied, 41. 

 discharge weakens by dilution, 41. 

 and decompositon, different effects of, in regard 



to suppuration, 41. 

 in compound fracture of humerus, 41. 

 objection to injecting into unopened abscess, 42. 

 in treatment of simple incised wound, 44. 

 use of, to destroy germs during operations, 44. 

 generally used by author in antiseptic treatment. 



Si- 

 new as external therapeutic agent to most 



British surgeons, 51, 

 not in itself a specific, 51. 

 importance of its employment according to 



author's system appreciated by Continental 



surgeons, 51, 

 other disinfectants may have same effect if 



used on antiseptic principles, 52. 



Carbolic acid (continued) : 



superior to chloride of zinc except when efficient 

 external antiseptic dressing cannot be main- 

 tained, 53. 



superior to other antiseptic agents in ordinary 

 cases, 54. 



confirmation of advantages possessed by, 54, 



a local anaesthetic, 54. 



free appHcation of, to large wounds cause of 

 obstinate vomiting, 84. 



being a stimulating substance, induces suppura- 

 tion by long continued action on tissues, 147. 



use of, in female complaints, 213. 



antiseptic properties of, 257. 



does not stop suppuration by any specific agency, 

 265. 



used in antiseptic treatment of compound 

 fractures, 341. 



unsuitable for application to incised wounds 

 owing to caustic properties, 341. 



Idlls sporeless bacteria, 341, 342. 



action of, upon micrococci more uniform than 

 that of corrosive sublimate, 344. 



not hindered in its action by albuminoid sub- 

 stances in same degree as sublimate, 344. 



for some time displaced by corrosive sublimate, 



351- 

 corrosive sublimate inferior to, for surgical 

 purposes, 351. 



destructive power of, on tubercle bacilli, 352, 



o f- -> 



its use for purification of sponges, instruments, 

 hands, and skin, 353, 354. 



penetrates epidermis better than corrosive 

 sublimate, 354. 



wrongly described as insoluble in water, 2,6/ . 



watery solution a powerful antiseptic, 367 ; recog- 

 nition of this led to application of antiseptic 

 principle to surgery in general, 368. 



explanation of its germicidal power, 368. 



special attraction of, for epidermis, 368 ; experi- 

 ments showing this, 370, 371. 



detergent property of, 369, 370 ; illustrated in 

 case of operation for large ventral hernia, 369. 



its deodorizing effect on sewage, 497 ; this led 



author to apply it in compound fractures, 497. 



Carbolic acid A\ith chromic acid : in preparation of 



catgut ligature, 112; details of method, 1 13. 

 Carbolic acid with lint : forms crust with blood 



which is replaced by living tissue, 365. 

 Carbolic acid, diluted with water : its uses for 



surgical purposes, 498. 

 Carbolic acid, diluted with oil : in treatment of 



compound fracture, 4, 26, 27. 

 Carbolic acid, dissolved in olive oil : cloth dipped 

 in, as a dressing, 68, 213. 



not reliable, 68, 70. 



case of compound fracture successfully treated 

 with, 68. 



lint soaked in, may lose antiseptic property, 70; 

 constant application of fresh oil obviates this, 

 70 (footnote); useful in certain situations such 

 as perineum, 70 (footnote) ; reliable in cases 

 where discharge is trifling, 70 (footnote). 



linseed oil objectionable, 213 (footnote). 

 Carbolic acid gauze. See Gauze. 

 Carbolic acid, soluble in water and fixed oils, 6/. 



impurities interfere with its solubilitv in water, 



