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INDEX TO VOLUME II 



Fracture of humerus, ununited : close stitching 

 avoided in antiseptic operation, 290. 



illustrative case, 290. 

 FRACTURE OF THE PATELLA, AN ADDRESS 



OX THE TREATMENT OF (1883), 453. 

 Fracture of patella : badly united, successful 

 antiseptic operation for, 349. 



treatment of, 453. 



long-standing: treatment of, 471. 



treated by wiring, 456, 457, 458, 459, 460, 461, 

 462, 463, 464; method of operating, 465, 

 466. 

 Fracture of ulna : united at obtuse angle, 165 ; 

 treated by exposure and division under anti- 

 sepsis, 166; success of treatment, 171. 

 Fracture, compound : new method of treating, i. 



grave results caused by decomposition of 

 eflused blood induced through access of air, i. 



prevention of bad consequences by scabbing on 

 wound (J. Hunter), 2. 



treatment of wound by kilhng septic germs, 3. 



treated with carbolic acid, 28, 2i7y 4^. 365. 



antiseptic treatment of, 48, 49, 341. 



antiseptic after-treatment of, 49. 



wound should not be explored though slight 

 discharge occur if there be no inflammatory or 

 febrile disturbance, 49. 



heahng by scabbing to be aimed at, 74. 



treatment of wound with undiluted carbolic 

 acid, ^2, ; with watery solution of carboUc acid, 

 83, 84. 



deeper parts of crust over wound, converted into 

 living tissue, 8, 11, 94. 



pyaemia very common in cases of, before intro- 

 duction of antiseptic system, 126. 



amputation the rule before introduction of anti- 

 septic system except in mild cases, 126; since 

 introduction, amputation not practised except 

 when gangrene inevitable, 126. 



antiseptic treatment of, must be thorough to be 

 effectual, 127. 



block tin superseded in antiseptic treatment of, 

 142. 



successfully treated under antiseptic system 

 (Saxtorph), 157. 



antiseptic treatment of, in war, 164. 



antiseptic treatment first apphed to, 340. 



carbolic acid successfully used for purpose, 341. 



use of iodoform in treatment of, 357. 



undiluted carboUc acid first apphed to, in 1865, 



365. 

 seen several hours after accident : use of i part 



of carbolic acid in 5 of spirits of wine, 206 



(footnote). 

 its danger as compared with simple fracture, 495 ; 



this due to risk of putrefaction of wound, 495 ; 



case of death from this cause in two days, 



495- 

 Fracture, compound, of ankle : details of antiseptic 

 treatment, 142, 145, 146, 155. 

 firm union obtained in six weeks, 155. 

 Fracture, compound, of elbow-joint: treated anti- 

 septically, 140, 155. 

 firmly united in five weeks, 155. 

 Fracture, compound, of femur : treated by carbolic 

 acid, 18, 25. 

 death from haemorrhage, 24. 

 treated with carboUzed lead plaster and healing 

 by granulation instead of scabbing, yy. 



Fracture, compound, of forearm : with simple 

 fracture of humerus, 9 ; of both bones of fore- 

 arm treated with carboUc acid, 24. 

 treated antisepticall3% occurrence of putre- 

 faction in, 151. 

 Fracture, compound, of humerus : treated by car- 

 boUc acid, 6, 41. 

 treated with carbolized lead plaster and healing 

 by granulation instead of scabbing, 77. 

 Fracture, compound, of leg : unsuccessful first 

 attempt at antiseptic treatment of (1865), 3. 

 case of successful treatment by carbolic acid 



dressing, 4. 

 unsuccessful case of treatment by same method, 5. 

 treated by carboUc acid, 7, 12, 28, 38, 

 absorption of dead bone by new tissue in, 16. 

 (of both legs) treated with pure carbolic acid, 29. 

 (of both bones of leg) treated with carbolic acid 



paste, 39 ; treated antiseptically, 68. 

 author's early experience of, unsatisfactory, 50. 

 unvarying success in, since introduction of anti- 

 septic treatment, 50. 

 treated with block tin and antiseptic lac, 8. 

 Fracture, compound, of metatarsal bone, 27. 

 Fracture, compound, of olecranon : treated anti- 

 septically, 140, 151, 155. 

 firmly united after five weeks, 155. 

 Fracture, compound, of os frontis : treated with 



chloride of zinc, 52. 

 Fracture, compound, of tibia : treated with car- 

 bolic acid, 17. 

 treated with pure carbolic acid, 27. 

 Fracture, compound, of ulna : case of, treated by 

 carbolic acid, 6, 9. 

 treated with carbolic acid diluted with oil, 27. 

 Fracture, simple : process of healing in, 143. 



antiseptic treatment of, superficial injuries com- 

 pUcating, 232. 

 Fracture, simple, of ribs : causing emphysema and 

 pneumothorax, 60 ; no decomposition of blood 

 in, 60. 

 Fracture, ununited : Bickersteth's method of 

 treatment by drilUng, 11. 

 Dieffenbach's treatment of, 16. 

 Fracture, ununited, of olecranon, treated by wiring, 



453>454, 455- 

 Fractures, compound : treated with carbolic acid 



follow same course as simple fractures, 497. 



FRACTURES OF THE PATELLA OF LONG- 

 STANDING : REMARKS ON THE TREAT- 

 MENT OF ( 1883), 471. 



Fraser : antitoxin against snake venom, 510. 



Freund (Vienna) : indifferent liquid behaves nega- 

 tively in regard to coagulation of blood, 537 

 [footnote). 



Frontal bone, fracture of. See Fracture, os frontis. 



Fungi : in bent neck of flasks containing urine, 59. 

 shrinking of, owing to deprivation of oxygen on 

 sealing neck of tube, 59. 



Fungi : self-multiplication of, 483. 



Gahn (Upsala) : his discovery of virtues of boracic 



acid, 227. 

 Galen : liis teaching on amputation, 379. 



advised cutting through dead tissues and appUca- 



tion of cautery to residue of mortified part, 



379. 380. 

 Gamgee, John (New Veterinary College, Edinburgh): 



method of dry dressing of wounds, 2go(footnote). 



