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INDEX TO VOLUME II 



I 



Compound fracture. See Fracture. 

 Congestion, active : caused by stitches, illustrates 

 influence of nervous system, 528. 



phenomena of, studied in frog's web, 529. 



experimental study of process in frog, 528, 529, 



530- 

 Congestion, inflammatory : may be produced by 



nervous agency, 531, 

 experiments proving this, 531, 532. 

 illustrative case in man, 532. 

 Contused wounds. See Wounds. 

 Cooper, Astley: separation of metatarsus from 

 tarsus, 404. 

 liis opinion that blood tends spontaneously to 

 coagulate and is kept fluid by action of living 

 vessels, 536, 537. 

 Copenhagen : effect of antiseptic treatment on 



healthiness of surgical hospitals of, 247. 

 Copenhagen, Frederick's hospital at. See Hospital. 

 ' Core ' in boil : separation of, 150. 

 Corpuscles of blood : no adhesiveness of, in vessels 

 of irritated frog's web, 521 ; nor in bat, 522. 

 tendency to adhesion in vessels of irritated 

 area, 522 ; due to suspension of vital functions 

 in tissues, 523. 

 adhesiveness of, brought about by operation of 



noxious agents on tissues concerned, 539. 

 natural viscidity of, 539, 540. 

 kept from adhering by living tissues, 539. 

 Corpuscles of blood, wliite : live long after blood shed 

 from body, 280 ; their independent movements 

 outside body, 512, 513. 

 their passage through vessels into surrounding 



tissue in inflammatory conditions, 513. 

 accumulation of, in vessels of inflamed frog's web, 

 520; phenomenon described by W. Addison 

 and C. J. B. WilUams independently, 520 {fooi- 

 note). 

 amoeboid movements seen in donkey's blood 

 after it had been two days in a glass vessel, 280 

 {footnote). 

 their power of preventing development of septic 



bacteria, 280. 

 See also Leucocytes. 

 Corpuscles of pus : in pyaemia not ordinary leuco- 

 cytes, 541. 

 Corpuscles of blood, red : tendency to adhere shows 

 in different forms according to species of 

 animal, or its state of health, 520, 521. 

 extreme adhesiveness of, in anaemia, 521 {foot- 



CORROSIVE SUBLI^MATE AS A SURGICAL 



DRESSING, ADDRESS ON (1884), 293. 

 Corrosive sublimate : Koch's demonstration of its 

 germicidal action, 295, 296, 343. 



used by Germans in form of sublimate wood 

 wool, 297. 



experiments as to effects on albumen, 299 ; and 

 on blood, 300, 301. 



associated with albumen, intact but much milder 

 in its action, 303. 



mixed with serum in preparation of gauze, 304. 



antiseptic power of, interfered with by albumen, 

 310. 



I in 10,000 solution shown by Koch to be trust- 

 worthy as antiseptic, non-irritating, and non- 

 poisonous, 336. 



strength of solutions for washing of wounds and 

 irrigation during stitching, ^^6. 



Corrosive sublimate {continued) : 



substituted for carboHc acid in washing and 

 irrigating wounds, 343. 



its effects due not to germicidal, but to inhibi- 

 tory action, 343. 



resistance of anthrax spores and of some spore- 

 less micrococci to its germicidal action, 343. 



weak solutions of, destroy Streptococcus pyogenes, 

 streptococcus of erysipelas, and Bacillus pyo- 

 cyaneus, 344. 



carbohc acid for some time displaced by, 351. 



germicidal power of, exaggerated by Koch, 351. 



for surgical purposes inferior to carbolic acid, 351. 



explanation of good effects when formerly used 

 to moisten double cyanide gauze dressing, 



363- 



Corrosive sublimate gauze. See Gauze. 



Corrosive sublimate lotion : author's mistake in 

 recommending this for destruction of microbes 

 in double cyanide of mercury and zinc cor- 

 rected, 360, 361. 

 reasons for using dye, 361. 



Cotton wool: filters air of contained particles, 176; 

 hence thought likely to be useful as antiseptic 

 dressing if impregnated with volatile substance 

 capable of kilUng septic organisms, 176. 

 samples of, prepared by diffusing chlorine gas, 

 sulphurous acid gas, carbolic acid vapour, and 

 benzene vapour through, 176; all these success- 

 fully used as dressings, 176. 

 prepared by diffusion of antiseptic substance in- 

 effective if discharge copious enough to soak 

 through, 177. 

 steriUzed by heat, objections to, as external 

 dressing, 345. 



Cotton wool, absorbent : (preferably boiled before 

 use) better than water dressing in absence of 

 chemical antiseptics, 355. 



Cotton wool, carbolated : preparation and method 

 of applying, 177. 



Counter-irritation : by means of actual cautery, 



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introduced into Great Britain by Syme, 2i77' 

 Crampton, Pliilip : fatal secondary haemorrhage 

 after non-antiseptic ligature of artery with 

 catgut, 190. 

 Creosote, German. See German. 

 Cressweli (Merthyr Tydvil) : case of gunshot wound 

 of femur healed by scabbing over crust of oiled 

 lint covered with antiseptic putty, '/6 {footnote). 



compound comminated fracture of neck of femur 

 treated antiseptically, 193. 

 Crookshank, E. M. : streptococcus of erysipelas 

 killed by solution of sublimate, 344 {footnote). 



Staphylococcus pyogenes aureus killed by carbolic 

 acid, 344 {footnote). 



experiments on tubercle bacilli as they exist in 

 phthisis sputum, 352 ; show destructive power 

 of carbolic acid on, 352, 353. 



history of vaccination, 505. 



giv^es account of medical men meeting in Edin- 

 burgh in early part of nineteenth century to 

 see then unprecedented case of vaccinated 

 person who had taken smallpox, 505. 

 Crust, antiseptic, over wound : deeper parts con- 

 verted into living tissue, 8, 11, 94, 365. 



formation of, in dressing of wounds, 75. 



formed by carbolic acid and blood replaced by 

 living tissue, 365. 



