INDEX TO VOLUME II 



575 



Keith, Thomas {continued) : 



withdrawal of putrid liquid irora Douglas's space, 

 285. 

 Kelvin, Lord : celebration of his jubilee at Glasgow, 



504, 505. 

 Kidneys : inflammatory congestion of, following 

 lithotomy, 532 ; caused by urethral irritation, 



53^. 533- 

 Kitasato : discovery of antitoxic scrum, 509. 



Knee : amputation through, 410. 



Knee, caries of. See Caries. 



Knee-joint : extraction of fragment of tibia from, 



under antiseptic treatment (Saxtorph), 157. 

 removal of loose cartilage from, under antiseptic 



spray, 194. 

 effusion into, antiseptic opening of, 256, 257, 258, 



259, 260, 261. 

 case of antiseptic incision into, 259, 260, 261. 

 tension from further effusion relieved by in- 

 sertion of longer drainage tube, 262, 263. 

 details of operation and dressing, 263. 

 removal of loose cartilage from, with and without 



antiseptic precautions, 289. 

 am])utation at (Pollock in footnote), 411. 

 Knee-joint, excision of: clinical lecture on, 441. 

 shortening of limb after, 441. 

 details of operation, 443. 

 demonstration of cases, 441, 442, 446, 447, 448, 



449. 

 Koch, Robert : demonstration of germicidal action 

 of corrosive sublimate, 295, 296. 

 researches on antiseptic properties of bichloride 



of mercury, 310. 

 demonstration of method of cultivating microbes 



as sohd media, 332. 

 discovery of cholera fnicrobe, 2,i-^ 503 

 teaches that i in 10,000 solution of corrosive 



sublimate is trustworthy as antiseptic, and at 



same time unirritating and non-poisonous, 



336, 343- 



antiseptic properties of corrosive sublimate, 343. 



discovery of tubercle bacillus, 347. 



exaggerated germicidal power of corrosive sub- 

 limate, 351. 



researches in infective diseases of wounds in 

 lower animals, 502. 



discovery of tubercle bacillus, 502. 



' plate culture ' of bacteria, 502, 503 ; importance 

 of method recognized by Pasteur, 503 ; tuber- 

 culin and its effects, 508 ; disappointment 

 caused by premature publication, 508 ; but his 

 work inspired Behring and Kitasato in dis- 

 covery of antitoxic serum, 509. 

 Kolliker : his discovery of fibre cells of involuntary 

 muscle, 529. 



Lac : tried as material for antiseptic cement, jj. 

 its advantages over lead plaster, yj. 

 liolds carbolic acid very tenaciously, jj. 

 its disadvantages and liow they are obviated, 



77- . 

 Lac, antiseptic, with block tin : in treatment of 

 contused wound, 79. 

 in treatment of compound fracture (leg), 80. 

 Lac, carbolized : impermeable to discharge, 83. 

 combines properties of external antiseptic guard 



with those of permanent crust, 83. 

 advantages of, as a dressing combined with 

 block-tin, 83, 



Lac plaster: as a vehicle for carbolic acid, 71 

 (footnote). 

 retains carbolic acid with great tenacity, jy. 

 improved by incorporation with soft cloth 

 instead of being spread on starched calico, 



139. 

 Lac plaster, carbolized : spread upon gutta percha 

 tissue as antiseptic cement, yj. 

 greatly superior to lead plaster, yy. 

 cracks at fold of joint, yy ; how this disadvan- 

 tage is obxiated, yy. 

 mode of manufacture, 78 (footnote). 

 how made non-adhesive, yy. 

 how made adhesive, 78. 



combined with block-tin or sheet-lead to protect 



exposed tissues from stimulating antiseptic, 78. 



replaced by folded mushn cloth imbued wth 



mixture of paraffin, resin, and absorbing cloth 



167. 



See also Plaster. 

 Langenbeck, v. : his first antiseptic operation, 252. 



flat elastic bandage for upper limb, 396. 

 Larrey : results of amputation at shoulder-joint in 

 military practice, 400. 

 his method of operating, 401, 402 (footnote). 

 Laughing gas. See Nitrous Oxide. 

 Laulanier, Professor (Toulouse) : stained sections 

 of vessels and adherent coagulum prepared by, 

 284 (footnote). 

 Lawrence, W. : fine silk ligatures left with short 

 cut ends in a stump may appear after heahng 

 of wound, 92. 

 Lead plaster: as vehicle for carbolic acid, 71. 

 carbolized, useful as external antiseptic guard 

 in compound fracture, incised wounds, and 

 abscesses, 76. 

 unsuitable for permanent dressing, 76. 

 Leather ligatures, unasepticized : tried and found 



unsatisfactory, 92. 

 Leg, amputation of. See Amputation. 

 Leg, compound fracture of. See Fracture. 

 Leg, death two days after compound fracture of, 



from putrefaction of wound, 495. 

 Leipzig : antiseptic treatment at. 249. 



pyaemia and hospital gangrene almost entirely 

 banished, 249. 

 Leucocytes, phagocytic : action of, 333. 



emigration of. in inflammation, 333, 334. 542. 

 soon penetrate %ery thin spaces between 

 chemically inert foreign bodies inserted among 

 tissues, 334 ; hence may creep into silk thread 

 and destroy microbes lodged there, 335. 

 phagocytic power of, 542. 

 Liebig : loss of property of causing crystallization 

 by heated glasses, 300. 

 fermentation produced by access of oxygen to 



organic substances. 340. 

 germ theory of putrefaction discreditetl by. 493. 

 his teaching that primary cause of putrefaction 

 is atmosplicric oxygen. 407. 

 Ligature, antiseptic, ^tv Antiseptic. 

 LIGATURE OF ARTERIES OX THE ANTI- 

 SEPTIC SYSTEM, OBSERVATIONS ON 

 (1869), 86. 

 Ligature of arteries. See Arteries. 

 Ligature: use of, recommended by Cclsus for arrest 

 of haemorrluige after amputation. 379 (and 

 footnote). 

 Ligature : method of tying in amputation, 393, 394. 



