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INDEX TO VOLUME II 



Pegs, ivory : ia iicatment of ununited fracture, 



partial absorption of, i6. 

 Pcmberton : ligature of external iliac artery with 



catgut prepared with chromic acid, iii. 

 Penis : boracic lint as dressing after operations on, 



^33y 235- 

 cancer of, 2^^. 

 method of amputating, 235. 

 Perineum, wounds in : oily solution of carbolic 



acid, useful application to, 70 {footnote). 

 Peritoneum : high vital power of, 277, J83, 286 ; 

 a favourable circumstance in abdominal sur- 

 gery, zyy ; illustrated by case of strangulated 

 hernia in which, eight hours after death, it 

 was impossible to find site of incision from 

 witliin, 277. 

 washing and drainage of, as practised by Lawson 

 Tait and Bantock are antiseptic measures, 335. 

 avoidance of direct apphcation of strong anti- 

 septics to, desirable, 335. 

 water for washing out should be freed from 



living organisms, 335. 

 washed out by Bantock with boiled water, 336; 

 a very weak solution of corrosive sublimate 

 would be better for purpose, 336. 

 Peritoneum, ligature made from strips of small 

 intestine of ox treated with carbolic acid and 

 used in a calf, 03. 

 Petit, J. L. : improved tourniquet devised bv, 381, 

 382. 

 method of amputation by ' double incision ',382 

 (and footnote). 

 Pfeiffer : bacillus of influenza, 502. 

 Phagocyte theory : explains much hitherto mys- 

 terious in relation of micro-organisms to 

 wounds, 334. 

 explains antibacteric influence of living tissues, 

 334 ; and use, without evil consequences, of 

 non-antisepticized silk ligatures, 334. 

 Phagocytes : discovered by Metchnikoff, 332 ; ex- 

 periments on action of, ^ZZ 5 absorb microbes 

 in wounds, 514. 

 Phagocytosis: process of, 350, 513. 



the main defensive means of living body against 

 invasion of microbes of infective diseases, 513. 

 gets rid of dead microbes, 514. 

 explains healing of wounds without antiseptic 



treatment, 514. 

 the doctrine completes theory of antiseptic sur- 

 gery, 514. 

 Phalanx of toe : removal of, 402. 

 Phalanges of hand : amputation of, 397. 

 Phenic acid. See Carbolic. 

 Phimosis : boracic lint as dressing after operation 



for, 234. 

 Phlebitis, suppurative : produced by introduction 

 of piece of wood into femoral vein of dog 

 (Cruveilhier), 132. 

 Pigment in frog's foot : aggregation of, under irrita- 

 tion, 524, 525, 526 {and footnote). 

 concentration of, under nervous influence, 525, 



526. 

 diffusion of, in rare cases caused by irritant, 526 

 {footnote), 527. 

 Pigment granules, black : in frog, their free 

 mobility, 540. 

 may be living entities, 540. 

 effect of nervous influence on, 540. 

 effect of irritation on, 540, 541. 



Pigmentary functions in frog, 524, 545, 

 experiments on, 524. 



Pirogoff : amputation at ankle, 406, 407. 



Pit burial : of paupers in churchyard close to 

 ' New Surgical Hospital ' (Glasgow Royal In 

 lirmary), 125. 

 account of a pit, 125. 



Dean of Guild's computation of number of 

 decomposing bodies in pits, 126. 



Plaster, adhesive: how made antiseptic, 168, 169 

 {footnote). 



Plaster, lac : as vehicle for carbolic acid, 7 1 {foot- 

 note). 

 See also Lac. 



Plaster, lead : as vehicle for carboUc acid, 71. 

 See also Lead. 



Plaster, living : formed by granulations in raw 

 surfaces, 2. 



Plastic operations : on lower lip, boracic ointment 

 dressing after, 245. 



Plate culture. See Culture. 



Pleurisy, suppurative : caused by external wound 

 penetrating chest, 3. 



Plymouth, Naval Hospital at : Bernard's testi- 

 mony as to beneficial effect of antiseptic 

 treatment on atmosphere, 197. 



Pneumothorax : caused by puncture of lung by 

 fractured rib, no inflammatory disturbance in, 



caused by simple fracture of ribs, 60. 



PoUi : administration of sulphites in cases of 

 compound fracture as prophylactic against 

 pyaemia, 126, 542. 

 method tried by author without success, 542. 



Pollock: amputation at knee-joint, 411 {footnote). 



PopUteal aneurysm. See Aneurysm. 



Poulticing of abscess : promotes putrefaction and 

 development of organisms, 347, 348. 



Primary union after amputation: aimed at by 

 Celsus, 379. 



' Protective ' in antiseptic dressings, 143, 167 ; 

 composition of, 144, 145, 167, 192, 193 ; 

 illustrations of its usefulness, 146 ; why not 

 employed at first dressing, 1 50 ; prevents 

 'antiseptic suppuration', 152; heaUng more 

 rapid in proportion to efficiency of, 154 ; pre- 

 paration of, 167 {footnote), 184, 185, 192, 193 ; 

 oiled silk acts well till moistened, 1 84 ; at- 

 tempts to perfect, 184 ; new method of pre- 

 paring, 185 ; must be unstimulating to 

 tissues and impermeable to antiseptic, 185 ; 

 must never extend beyond gauze, 267. 



Protective, oiled silk : use of, in antiseptic dressing, 

 202. 

 shields blood-clot in wound from stimulation of 

 antiseptic, 265. 



Protective, vulcanized caoutchouc : stench of dis- 

 charge under, 184. 



Pruritus ani : use of boracic acid in, 228. 



Pseudopodia of white corpuscles, 512. 



I'urification of hands and instruments by germi- 

 cidal means wiser than to trust to mere cleanli- 

 ness, 335. 



Purmannus, in Chirurgia Curiosa (1696), describes 

 amputation of legs by a sort of guillotine, 380 ; 

 but prefers old way of cutting through flesh 

 with knife and bone Avith saw, 380. 



Pus : in ordinary abscess formed as result of excited 

 nervous action, 40. 



