INDEX TO VOLUME II 



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Er^'sipelas of infective character : matter not 



necessarily offensive, 501. 

 Erysipelas affecting punctures of revaccination 



during smallpox epidemic at Edinburgh, 241, 



255. 

 Erysipelas, superficial : two cases of, in author's 



wards in Edinburgh Royal Infirmary (1870), 



159. 

 attributed to cold rather than to poisonous 



atmosphere, 159, 160. 

 case of, in Glasgow Roval Infirmary due to chill, 

 in person constitutionally disposed to the 

 disease, 141, 159. 

 Esmarch: his bloodless method in operations, 213, 



394- 

 india-rubber tube used to cause bloodlessness in 



operations, 213 (footnote). 

 his permanent dressing, results of, 291 ; surgically 



clean because aseptic, 291. 

 his elastic compression in amputation of thigh, 

 415. 

 Ether, sulphuric : Morton's demonstration of 

 anaesthetic property of, 491. 

 first operation in England under, witnessed by 

 author, 491. 

 Eucalyptus gauze. See Gauze. 

 Excision of hip-joint, 20iS. 



EXCISION OF KNEE-JOINT (CLINICAL LEC- 

 TURE ON A CASE OF), AND HORSE- 

 HAIR AS A DRAIN FOR WOUNDS, WITH 

 REMARKS ON THE TEACHING OF 

 CLINICAL SURGERY {1878), 441. 

 EXCISION OF WRIST FOR CARIES, ON (1865), 



417. 

 Excision of wrist for caries first practised by the 

 younger Moreau, 417 ; later by Dietz, Hey- 

 felder, and others, 417. 

 author's first case, 417. 

 new method of operating, 418. 

 cases in which it was adopted, 419, 420, 421, 422, 



423, 424, 425. 

 pyaemia after, 439, 440. 

 Excisions : use of chloride of zinc to sinuses in, 

 131 (footnote). 

 successful results obtained by means of anti- 

 septic dressing and drainage tubes, 248. 

 ExfoUation: not necessarily caused by dead bone, 16. 

 Extravasated blood : causing suppuration without 



external wound, 21. 

 Extremity, lower : amputations in, 402. 

 Extremity, upper : amputations in, 397. 

 Exudation in intense inflammation : special 

 coagulability of, 538 (and footnote), 539. 



Fabricius ab Aquapendente (1618): repeats Galen's 



teaching as to amputation, 380. 

 Fabricius Hildanus (1633) : describes ligature but 



prefers red-hot knife for amputation, 380. 

 T'ehleisen : erysipelas caused by a streptococcus, 



501, 502. 

 P'emur : amputation tlirough condyles of. Garden's 



method, 409, 410, 411 ; author's modification 



of, 410. 

 downward growth of, in cases of bent knee, 442. 

 dissection of upper part out of socket in case of 



amputation of sarcoma, 413. 

 badly unit(;cl fracture of, treated by wiring, 456. 

 Femur: gunshot wound of, treated antiseptically 



76 (Cresswell, in footnote). 



LISTER II 



Femur, fracture of. See Fracture. 



Fergus : case of ligature of external iliac artery 



on antiseptic system, 88. 

 Fermentation, butyric, 47. 

 Fermentation : Pasteur's work on, 492, 493, 49-: 



495. 497. 

 caused by growth of micro-organisms, 494, 



Fermentation and putrefaction, causation of, 477. 



Fermentation of sugar and putrefaction : parall. 

 between, 480. 



Fermentation, vinous : caused by yeast plant, 4 

 similarity of process to putrefaction, 482. 



Fermentative changes caused by growth of micr' 

 organisms, 340. 



Ferments : have each a special microbe, 501. 



Ferments, self-propagating : action of, in putre- 

 faction, 49. 



Ferments, septic : in water, 225, 226^ 

 nature of, 226. 



experiments showing that in water they ajc 

 suspended particles not equally diffused in the 

 liquid, 226, 227. 



Fever, irritative : from suppuration ; no risk c 

 when abscess opened antiseptically, 34, 42. 

 from large abscesses, prevented by antisept: 

 treatment, 48. 



Fibre, absorbent: preparation of, with sublima- 

 serum, 307. 



Fibrine : in solution, not contained in normal liqu< 

 sanguinis, 538. 

 corpuscular elements of blood concerned in sup- 

 plying materials for formation of, 538 (foot- 

 note). 



Fibrinogen in normal liquor sanguinis, 538. 



Fibula, tumour of upper end of : operated on 

 antiseptically (v. Langenbeck), 252. 



Finger : removal of, 397, 398. 



Fissiparous generation, 483. 



Fistula : prevented by antiseptic treatment of 

 abscess near rectum, 216. 



Flap operation. See Amputation. 



Flushing gouge. 



See Gouge. 



Foot, caries of bones of: operation for, J13. 

 antiseptic treatment of, 214, 215. 

 illustrative cases, 215. See also Caries. 

 Forceps, dressing : author's modification of. 222. 

 Forcei^s, sinus : description and uses of, 222. 

 Forearm : disabled by fracture of ulna, united at 

 obtuse angle, with abnormal position of radius. 

 165 ; treated by division of ulna and removal 

 of head of radius \\-ith antiseptic precautions, 

 166. 

 successful issue of case, 171. 

 Forearm : amputation in, 399. 

 Forearm, fracture of. See Fracture. 

 Fort wit dem Sf>ray (Bruns), 280. 

 Fowl cholera, 304. 



immunity to, produced by its attenuated virus, 



504 ; analogy between this and vaccination 



against small-pox. 504. 



Fracture at ankle, old : with fixed displacement of 



foot rectified by aid of antiseptic SN-^tcm, 



Fracture of femur, ununited : antiseptic operation 



for, 192; details of case, 192. 193. 

 absorption of chips of bone produced by 



roughening edge of fragments. 103. 

 treated by incision and removal of overlapping 



fragments, 266, 267. 



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