INDEX TO VOLUME II 



577 



Marsh, Howard : use of Rijntgen rays in case of 

 injury to elbow, 490. 



Martindale, W. : calls attention of author to cya- 

 nide of mercury as antiseptic, 312. 

 suggests double cyanide of mercury and zinc as 

 antiseptic dressing, 313; experiments prove it 

 to have powerful antiseptic properties, 313. 



Mason, T., and Son : formula of double cyanide of 

 mercury and zinc, 329. 



Maxillary bones : offensive character of discharge 

 after removal of irortions of, 53 ; this pre- 

 vented by use of chloride of zinc, 53. 



Maxillary bones, cancer of. See Cancer. 



Meatus urinarius, defective : operations for, 238, 

 239. 



-Medical diseases: differ from surgical not so much 

 in nature as in situation, 450. 



Mercury, bichloride. See Corrosive sublimate. 



Mercury, cyanide : author's attention called to, 

 as possibly valuable antiseptic, 312. 

 experiments with, 312. 

 remarkable inhibitory power of, 312, 313. 

 Its germicidal power low, 313. 

 very irritating, 313. 



superior to bichloride in inhibitory power, but 

 inferior as germicide, 360. 



Mercury, double cyanide of : and potassium tried 

 as antiseptic dressing and found too irritating, 

 313 ; experiments with, in preparation of anti- 

 septic gauze, 317, 318, 319. 

 efficient as inhibitor but not as germicide, 319. 

 See also Mercury zinco-cyanide. 



Mercury, double cyanide of, and zinc, experiments 

 on antiseptic power of, 313, 314. 



Mercury, double cyanide of, dressing : use of rags, 

 old linen, old towels for, 363. 

 application of macintosh over, when free 

 discharge anticipated, 363. 



Mercury, double cyanide of, powder : made with 

 carbolic lotion into soft mud or cream, used 

 in vicinity of anus, 363 ; apphed to pubes con- 

 verts hairs of part into antiseptic dressing, 



363- 

 Mercury, double cyanide of, and zinc : composition 



of. 329. 358. 



formula of, 329, 358 (Dunstan in footnote). 



purified rosalane as dye for, 329. 



method of charging gauze, rags, &c., with, 330. 



has remarkable inhibitory power over bacteric 

 development, but is not efi&cacious as germi- 

 cide, 330. 



useful in military practice as first dressing, 

 ^ 330. 



Cj. Lenthal Cheatle's experiences of it made into 

 a paste, on battlefield in South Africa, 331 

 (footnote). 



Dunstan on composition of, 329 ; improveiuent in 

 preparation of, 339; formula of, 358 (footnote). 



cyanide of mercury the more important ingre- 

 dient antiseptically, 339. 



constancy of aseptic results with, 339. 



nearest approach to ideal antiseptic, 34;. 



inhibits development of microbes, 345, 360. 



very feeble as germicide, 345, t;(x). 



should be moistened with carbolic acid solution 

 before use, 345. 



bichloride of mercury of little use for this })ur- 

 pose, 346 (footnote). 



most satisfactory antiseptic for dressing, 358. 



Mercury, double cyanide of, and zinc (continued) : 

 experiment showing its efficacy in preventing 



bacteric development, 359. 

 gauze charged with, must first be charged \sith 

 carbolic acid, 360. 

 Mercury, double cyanide gauze. See Gauze. 

 Mercury, iodide, gauze : trial of, 314. 



answers well as antiseptic, but causes great 



irritation, 314. 

 author's dissatisfaction with, 315. 

 Mercury, zinco-cyanide : experiments pro\'ing it 

 to possess powerful antiseptic properties, 313, 



314. 



preparation of dressings of, 314. 



disadvantages of, 314. 



given up for time being, 314. 



further experiments with, 316. 



little mercury in, 320. 



a trustworthy antiseptic in surgical practice, 322. 



composition of, uncertain, 322. 



used in hairy parts converts hairs into anti- 

 septic dressing, 322. 



successfully applied in removal of sebaceous 

 cysts of scalp, 322. 



most satisfactory dressing yet (1889) met with 

 by author, 323. 



as antiseptic dressing, 329. 

 Meredith, Dr. (I.;\I.S.), informs author of Tyn- 

 dall's experiment on dust in air and suggests 

 cotton-wool as dressing, 176 (footnote). 

 Metacarpal bone : excision of, 398. 

 Metal covering : prevents suppuration in healthy 



granulation wounds, 40. 

 Metatarsal bone : removal of, 402, 403. 

 Metatarsus : separation of, from tarsus, 403 ; Hey's 

 method of operating, 403, 404 ; Lisfranc's 

 method, 403 ; Astley Cooper's method, 404. 

 Metchnikoff : liis discovery of phagocxiies, }t,2; 

 confirmed by Tchistovitch and Arniand Rufier, 

 ^^^2 (footnote). 



experiments on action of phagocj-tes, ^^;^, 334. 



process of phagocjiiosis, 350. 



absorbent power of white corpuscles, 513. 



phagocytic action of cells in water-fiea on spores 

 of invading fungus, 513. 



phagocytosis as defensive means against in\-ading 

 microbes, 513, 514. 



phagocytic power of leucocytes, 542. 

 Microbe of cholera : Koch's discovery of, 332, 503. 



poisoned by iodoform. 356 (Neisser, in footnote). 

 Microbe, poisonous : each forms special toxin, 508. 

 Microbes : Koch's method of cultivating on solid 

 media, 332. 



entire exclusion of, from wounds impossible, 

 341 ; and unnecessary, 341. 



air of every inhabited place teems witli. 349. 



only a small proportion of them capable of doing 

 miscliief in surgery, 350. 



importance of, in economy of N.iture. 404. 495. 



growlh of, the cause of putrefaction, 497. 



do not originate dc novo, 497. 



even the injurious species not sure of gaining 

 a footing wlien introduced into wounds, ^50. 

 Microbes, ultra-microscopic. 5i.>2. 

 Micrococci : in acute abscesses. 347. 



species of, shown by Cheyne to occur frequently 

 in cases treated antiseptically without inter- 

 ference with aseptic progress, 103. 



sometimes mischievous, 103. 



