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INDEX TO VOLUME 1 1 



Pyaemia (continued) : 



Polli's method of prophylaxis by internal admi- 

 nistration of sulphite of potash, 542 ; this 

 tried by author without success, 542. 

 abortive attempts to prevent contagion of, 542. 

 Pyaemia, spurious : fatal case of, after removal of 



breast for cancer, 293. 

 P>-ogcnic membrane : no risk from rough treat- 

 ment of, ^;}. 

 forms pus only because subjected to some 

 preternatural stimulus, 34, 42 ; ceases to do so 

 after antiseptic opening of abscess, 34, 42. 

 empties abscess cavity by contracting after open- 

 ing, 34- 

 forms pus only in response to stimulation, 42. 

 ceases to develop pus corpuscles when freed from 

 irritation of pent up pus, 48. 

 Pyogenic micrococci : invariably present in acute 



abscess, 347. 

 Pyogenic organisms : not abundant in dust of 

 hospitals, 344. 



Ravaton (Landau) : method of amputation by two 

 flaps, 384. 



Rays, X. See Rontgen. 



Rectum abscess. See Abscess. 



Rectum, abscess beside. See Abscess. 



Reef knot, 393. 



Revaccination : importance of, 505. 



not recommended to be compulsory by Vaccina- 

 tion Commission on account of difficulties 

 foreseen, 505. 

 no difficulty in carrying out compulsorily in 

 Germany, 505 ; penalties by which it is en- 

 forced, 505, 506. 



Reverdin : his principle of skin grafting, 230. 



Rib : removal of portion of, for empyema, success- 

 fully dressed \\'ith sero - sublimate gauze, 



307. 

 Ribs, simple fracture of. See Fracture, simple. 

 Richardson, Benjamin Ward : apparatus for pro- 

 ducing carboUc spray, 166. 

 apparatus for local anaesthesia used for spraying 



carbolic acid on field of operation, 180, 181, 



182 ; mode of using, 181 ; can be worked by 



surgeon himself, 181. 

 local anaesthetization by freezing with ether 



spray. 222. 

 his Astley Cooper Prize Essay on coagulation of 



blood, 535. 

 ammonia theory of coagulation, 535. 

 Rodent ulcer. See Ulcer. 

 RoUeston, Professor : suggests use of carbolized 



oil as lubricant for instruments introduced 



into bladder, 212 (footnote). 

 Rontgen rays : discovery of, 489. 



their power of passing through substances 



opaque to ordinary light, 489, 490. 

 their use in surgery, 490 ; illustrated by case of 



injury to elbow, 490. 

 instances of foreign bodies revealed by, 490. 

 appUcation to medicine, 491. 

 Rosalane, pure : as dye for double cyanide of 



mercury and zinc, 329. 

 its advantages as dye for double cyanide gauze, 



361, 362. 

 its chemical composition ascertained by Perkin, 



361 (footnote). 

 jnode of use, 361 (footnote). 



Koux : use of diphtheria antitoxin, 510. 



Roux and Yersin : toxins of bacteria in diphtherial 



membrane, 507, 508. 

 Royal Microscopical Society : letter to President 



giving account of J. J. Lister's labours on 



improvement of achromatic microscope, 543. 

 Ruffer, Armand : confirmation of Metchnikoff's 



discovery of phagocytes, 332 (footnote). 

 Rupture. See Hernia. 



Sal-alcmbroth : description of, 310. 

 antiseptic properties of, 310. 

 more efficacious and less irritating than mercur>- 



bichloride, 311. 

 disadvantages of, 312. 



author never satisfied with it as a dressing, 312. 

 satisfactory results of, used moist with efficient 

 germicidal solution, 316. 

 Sal-alembroth gauze. See Gauze. 

 Salicylic acid : used by Thiersch as external dress- 

 ing instead of carbolic acid, 249. 

 not so powerful an antiseptic as carbolic acid, 

 295. 

 Salicylic cotton wool : soaked with serum and 

 inoculated with putrid blood, stinks after a few 

 weeks, 305. 

 Sanderson, J. Burdon : septic ferments in water, 



225, 226. 

 Sarcoma of femur : amputation for, 413. 

 Saxtorph, Professor : letter giving his experience 

 of beneficial effect of antiseptic system on 

 healthiness of surgical hospitals, 156. 

 successful extraction of fragment of head of tibia 

 from head of knee-joint under antiseptic 

 treatment, 157. 

 his careful observation of antiseptic system and 



thoroughness in carrying it out, 159. 

 liis testimony as to influence of antiseptic system 



on healthiness of surgical wards, 197. 

 his testimony as to effect of antiseptic treat- 

 ment on healthiness of Copenhagen hospitals, 

 247. 

 laealing of wounds of scalp, contused wounds, 

 compound fractures, and wounds of joints, 

 under antiseptic dressing and drainage tubes, 

 248, 

 value of antiseptic treatment in amputations and 



excisions, 248. 

 successful treatment of abscesses connected with 

 diseased bone in antiseptic method, 248. 

 Scab : excludes organisms mechanically, 83. 

 Scabbing, healing by : in compound fracture, 74. 

 possible risks of, 74 ; attempts to get rid of 



these, 75 ; of an ulcer by, 147. 

 cicatrization without suppuration beneath a 

 piece of tin a novel mode of, 82. 

 Scalp, sebaceous cysts of : dressing by cyanide 



gauze after removal of, 322. 

 Scalp wounds : antiseptic treatment of, 139, 151. 



details of dressing, 139, 140. 

 Schede (Hamburg) : occurrence of erysipelas under 



iodoform dressings, 295. 

 Schmidt : showed that normal liquor sanguinis 

 does not contain fibrine in solution, but only 

 fibrinogen, 538. 

 Schulze, Max : movements of animal protoplasm, 



525 (footnote). 

 Schwann : yeast plant discovered by, in 1837, 479, 

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