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INDEX TO VOLUME II 



Germ theory, Pasteur's : author's experiments in 



confirmation of, 499. 

 Germ theory of putrefaction, 54, 172. 



experiments illustrating, 54; experiment on 



urine in flasks with bent necks, 55. 

 and equivocal generation, 57. 

 the guiding principle of antiseptic treatment, 



172. 

 the basis of antiseptic surgery, 479. 

 first step towards establishment of, the discovery 

 of yeast-plant by Cagniard-Latour in 1836, 



479- 

 originated by Schwann, 479, 480. 

 experiments undertaken \\ith view of confuting, 



likely to fail, 480 {footnote). 

 illustrated by opening of abscess, 480, 481. 

 Germ theory' of septic diseases estabhshed, 323. 

 ' German creosote ' : an impure carbolic acid with 

 which author's first experiments were made, 67. 

 or crude carbolic acid, first used for compound 

 fracture, 367. 

 Germany : antiseptic treatment in, 248. 

 Germicidal antiseptics : kill organisms, 296, 359. 

 Germs : killing of, in wound of compound fracture, 



3- 

 all forms of life originate from, 57. 

 Germs in air, 483 ; killed by high temperature, 47. 

 how prevented from passing through bent necks 



of flasks, 58. 

 in inhaled air stopped by air passages, 61. 

 Glanders: produces toxin (mallein), 509; this useful 



for diagnostic purposes, 509. 

 Glasgow Royal Infirmary : influence of antiseptic 

 treatment on healthiness of author's wards in, 

 45, 123, 500. 

 antiseptic system originated in, 51. 

 description of ' New Surgical Hospital ' in, ] 23. 

 Gloucester : epidemic of smallpox at (1896), 505. 

 Goitre : circumferential ligature of thyroid vessels 



before removal of, 102. 

 Gooch's sphnt : for stump after amputation of 

 thigh or leg, 396. 

 use of, after excision of knee-joint, 447; after 

 wiring of patella, 473. 

 Goodsir : first opened up path pursued by Virchow 



in ' Cellular Pathology ', 150 {footnote). 

 Gouge, flusliing : use of in psoas abscess, 346, 347 



{footnote). 

 Grafting of skin. See Skin. 

 Graham : his researches into laws of gaseous 



diffusion, 178. 

 Granulating surfaces : coalescence of, 147. 

 Granulation and suppuration, 82. 

 Granulations : form protective layer on raw sur- 

 face, 2. 

 process of absorption of dead bone by, 16, 66, 



117, 148. 

 may act as absorbents, 17. 

 no inherent tendency in, to form pus, 40, 147, 



449. 

 production of, 49. 



may be produced by antiseptics, 49. 

 do not secrete pus, 147. 

 abscess wall essentially similar to, 148. 

 development of, into fibrous tissue of cicatrix, 



148. 

 excited to superficial suppuration by stimulating 

 action of antiseptics, 148 ; and by products of 

 putrefaction, 148. ' 



Granulations {continued) : 

 precede suppuration, and process requires days 

 for its completion, 1 50 ; exception to this rule 

 in case of epithelium of some mucous mem- 

 branes which forms round pus corpuscles under 

 shght stimulation, 150 {footnote). 

 constitute protective layer destitute of sensibility, 



448. 

 tmite with freshly cut surface, 449. 

 in open wound, structure of, 496. 

 Graniiligera : in hempen ligatures applied to thy- 

 roid vessels, 103. 

 one species very frequent in wounds treated auti- 

 septically, without interference with aseptic 

 progress, 103. 

 ' Guard ', antiseptic: use of, 181. 

 Guerin, Alphonse : his method of dry dressing in 



wound, 290 {footnote). 

 Gullet : halfpenny in, shown by Rontgen rays, 490. 

 Gunshot wounds : antiseptic treatment of, 161. 

 should not be stitched, 161 {footnote). 



Haematoxylin : as a dye for cyanide of zinc and 

 mercury gauze, 325, 327, 361. 

 its effect in fixing the cyanide, 327. 

 as dye in double cyanide gauze. 

 Haemorrhage : in compound fracture, fatal case of, 

 24. 

 arrest of, 25. 

 Haemorrhage : after ligature of artery, more 

 frequent from distal than from cardiac end, 86 

 {footnote) ; explanation of this, 86 {footnote). 

 Pare's advocacy of Ugature for, 379. 

 Celsus on arrest of, 379 {footnote). 

 Haemorrhage, venous : use of catgut ligature for 



arrest of, 271. 

 Hagedorn : effects of antiseptic treatment in Sur- 

 gical Hospital at Magdeburg, 252 {footnote). 

 Hair, human : its attraction for carbolic acid, 370 

 {and footnote) ; hence it may be turned to 

 account as antiseptic dressing, 371. 

 case of removal of sebaceous cyst from scalps in 

 which this was done, 371 {footnote). 

 Halle : antiseptic treatment at, 249. 

 Harelip : use of button suture after operation for, 

 242, 243. 

 use of silver wire for deeper stitches and horse- 

 hair for superficial ones, 245. 

 ' Hat -lining ' as an antiseptic dressing, 179. 

 use of, in antiseptic gauze dressings, 207. 

 Haycraft : castor oil behaves negatively in regard 



to coagulation of blood, 537 {footnote). 

 HeaUng : more rapid in proportion to efficiency 

 of ' protective ', 154. 

 without suppuration in dry dressing, 290 {foot- 

 note). 

 of wounds by organization of blood-clot without 

 suppuration under antiseptic treatment, 291. 

 HEALING ART, THE : INTERDEPENDENCE 



OF SCIENCE AND (1896), 489. 

 Healing by ' first intention ', formerly exceptional, 



496. 

 Healing by granulation and cicatrization, 496, 

 Heahng of sore. See Sore. 

 Hcahng of ulcer. See Ulcer. 

 Heart : shown in Uving body by means of Rontgen 



rays, 491. 

 Hectic : from suppuration ; no risk of, when 

 abscess is opened antiseptically, 34, 42. 



