INDEX TO VOLUME II 



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Hectic {continued) : 



from large abscess, prevented by antiseptic 

 treatment, 48. 



Henimung : word used by Germans to describe 

 checking action of certain antiseptics \\'ithout 

 destruction of volatile salts, 296. 



Hempen ligatures, antisepticized : applied to 

 thyroid vessels before removal of goitre, 103; 

 come away unaltered, but loaded with micro- 

 cocci, 103. 



Hernia, irreducible : Syme's treatment for, 191. 

 antiseptic operation for, 191. 



Hernia, strangulated inguinal : antiseptic operation 

 in, 44. 



Hernia, umbilical, irreducible : antiseptic opera- 

 tion for, 191. 



Hernia, ventral : cleansing of .skin with carbolic 

 acid in operation for, 369. 



flernia, ventral, irreducible : antiseptic operation 

 for, 191. 



Hey (Leeds) : method of amputation by ' triple 

 incision ', ^8^. 

 ' circular operation ', perfected by, ^S^. 

 method of separating metatarsus from tarsus, 

 403, 404. 



Heyfelder : excision of wrist for caries, 417. 



Hill, Berkeley : witnesses first dressing in case 

 of compound dislocation of ankle treated 

 antiseptically, 141. 



Hip, caries of. See Caries. 



Hip-joint: amputation at, 412, 413, 414, 415, 416. 

 antiseptic dressing in, 199, 

 primary amputation at, recovery, 203. 

 details of antiseptic dressing, 204. 

 amputation of, for sarcoma, dressed with scro- 

 sublimate gauze, 307. 



Flip-joint disease : abscess connected with, failure 

 of antiseptic dressing necessitating excision, 

 207, 208. 

 with putrid sinuses, rapid healing after anti- 

 septic excision of, 251, 



Hip-joint, necrosis of : treated antiseptically with- 

 out suppuration, 66. 



Hippocrates : his teaching on amputation, 378 ; 

 care to be taken not to wound any living 

 parts, 378. 



History of antiseptic surgery : some points in, 365 ; 

 author's aim to avoid direct action of antiseptic 

 substance on tissues, 365 ; antiseptic principle 

 first applied to compound fractures in 1865, 

 365 ; use of undiluted carbolic acid in com- 

 pound fractures, 365 ; formation of crust of 

 blood and carbohc acid, 365 ; tissue destroyed 

 by the caustic replaced by living tissue, 365 ; 

 this a new truth in pathology which afterwards 

 suggested idea of catgut ligature, 365 ; apphca- 

 tion of antiseptic principle to abscess, 366 ; 

 abscess after opening dressed with carbolic 

 putty, 366; strips of lint left in as drain, 3O6; 

 drainage tube devised, 367 ; solubility of car- 

 bolic acid crystals in water, ^^(y- ; use of watery 

 solution as antiseptic in treatment of wounds, 

 367 ; watery solution of carbolic acid, carbolized 

 oil, and carbolic j^utty, various uses of, 368 ; 

 purification of skin and instruments, 369; de- 

 tergent i)ropertics of carbolic acid, 369, 370 ; 

 fear of poisonous effects from carbolic gauze 

 as used in antiseptic surgery groundless, 370 

 (footnote) ; needless substitution of complicated 



History of antiseptic surgery (continued) : 



measures for use of carbolic acid, 370; pre- 

 liminary washing with soap and water not 

 only useless if carbolic acid is used, but 

 injurious, 370; greater attraction of carbolic 

 acid for epidermis than for water shown by 

 experiment, 370. 



Holmer (Copenhagen) : antiseptic treatment after 

 division of cicatricial web of axilla, 201. 



Horse : antiseptic ligature of carotid artery in, 64 

 post-mortem examination of parts, 64. 

 results of experiments justifying application of 

 method in man, 65. 



Horsehair : structure of, 245. 



as a drain for wounds, 414. See also Drain. 



Horsehair stitches : in operation for harelip, 245. 



Hospital construction : importance of antiseptic 

 treatment in relation to, 135. 



Hospital diseases : freedom from, due to antiseptic 

 treatment, 160. 



Hos2)ital, Fever : close to ' New Surgical Hospital ' 

 (Glasgow Royal Infirmary), 126. 



Hospital, Frederick's, Copenhagen : Saxtorph's 

 experience of beneficial effect of antiseptic 

 system in healthiness of, 156. 

 no case of pyaemia since introduction of system, 

 156. 



Hospital Gangrene. See Gangrene. 



Hospital, Surgical : effects of antiseptic system of 

 treatment on salubrity of, 123, 156, 247. 



'Hospital, Surgical, New' (Glasgow Royal Infir- 

 mary): unheallhinessof, 123 ; ground floor of, the 

 most unhealthy, 124 ; emanations from foul dis- 

 charges and from open sores the great source of 

 unhealtliiness in, 124; author's resistance to 

 introduction of additional beds in his wards, 

 124 ; excessive mortality in another ward leads 

 to investigation and discovery underneath of 

 coffins with corpses, placed there in cholera 

 epidemic of 1 849, 1 24 ; yet no pyaemia, en,-si- 

 pelas, or hospital gangrene in author's wards 

 during nine months previous to this discover^-, 

 on account of antiseptic system of treatment, 

 1 24 ; how the corrupting mass underneath was 

 dealt with, 125 ; bad situation of, 125. 



Hospitalism : banished by antiseptic treatment 

 (Saxtorph), 247. 



Hospitals : antiseptic treatment and hciUtliiness 

 of. 45, 341. 

 maUgnant influence of impure atmosphere of. 



removed by antiseptic system, 136 

 Saxtorph's testimony as to beneficial effects of 

 antiseptic system on atmosphere of. 197 : simi- 

 lar testimony of Bernard in regard to Naval 

 Hospital at Plymouth, 197. 

 no longer pest houses after introduction of anti- 

 septic system, 341. 

 pyogenic organisms not abundant in dust of. 344. 



Humphry, G. M.: amputation of penis, 235 (footnote). 



Hunter, John : prevalence of bad consequences of 

 compound fracture by formation of scab on 

 wound, 2. 

 ' stimulus of necessitv ', 241. 



HUXLEY LECTURE,'THK THIRD (uxx.). 515. 



Hydrocele fluid : coagulation of, by addition of 

 serum from blood-clot, 2^~. 



Hydrocele, serum of : is normal plasma. s,7,i.j. 



Hydrochlorate of mauvcine. See Rosalanc. 



Hydrophobia : Pasteur's roscarches on, 506. 



