INDEX TO VOLUME II 



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Schwann {continued) : 



experiments showing that jnitrefaction is caused 



by organisms springing from germs in air, 479. 

 researches on putrefaction of meat, 493. 

 fibrinogen in normal Hquor sanguinis, 538. 

 SCIENCE AND THE HEALING ART, ON THE 



INTERDEPENDENCE OE (1896), 489. 

 Scultetus: depicts (1655) amputation of hand by 



chisel and mallet, 380. 

 Sebaceous cysts. See Cysts. 

 Sedillot : multiple abscesses in lungs produced by 



introduction of pus into veins of an animal, 



516, 

 Semon, Feli.x : pressure on anterior wall of trachea 



by goitre, 102. 

 Senile gangrene. See Gangrene. 

 ' Septic ' : what is included in the term, 288 (foot- 

 note). 

 Septic agencies : the cause of disasters of surgery 



in the past, 288. 

 Septic diseases : germ theory of, established, 323. 

 Septic element : suppression of, in wards makes 



less space necessary', 291. 

 Septic energy of air : proportional to abundance of 



organisms in it, 47. 

 Septic ferments in water, 225, 226. 

 nature of, 226. 

 experiments showing that in water they are 



suspended particles not equally diffused in the 



liquid, 226, 227. 

 Septic material : even if assumed to be a chemical 



ferment, must be dealt with by antiseptic 



methods, 219 (footnote). 

 Septic particles : in dust, are self-propagating, and 



their energy is destroyed by heat and various 



chemical substances, 178. 

 Septic property of atmosphere : due to organisms. 



Septicaemia : avoided by antiseptic treatment 

 (Saxtorph), 248. 

 diminution of, in Magdeburg Surgical Hospital 

 since introduction of antiseptic system, 253 

 (footnote). 

 Sero-sublimate gauze. See Gauze. 

 Serous effusions, chronic : cause of obstinacy of, 

 223. 

 antiseptic evacuation of, by aspirator, 22^. 

 Serum : decomposition of, cause of suppuration in 

 wounds, ^7. 

 accumulation of, keeping up inflammatory 

 disturbance, 221. 

 Serum, albumen of : action of corrosive sublimate 



on, 299. 

 Serum, antitoxic. See Antitoxic. 

 Serum, blood : not so favourable a soil for growth 

 of micro-organisms, as once believed by 

 author, 277. 

 effects of corrosive sublimate on, 302, 303. 

 addition of, to corrosive sublimate in preparation 



of gauze, 304. 

 (from horse) inoculated with putrid blood as 

 a test of antiseptic power in dressings, 301, 



30-, 303. 304. 305- 



Serum of blood-clot : no putrefaction in, caused 

 by addition of water, 278. 



Serum with corpuscles (from cow) : mixed with 

 blood corpuscles as test of antiseptic ]X)wer of 

 dressings, 305. 306 ; inoculated with putrid 

 blood as test of antiseptic power, 305 ; failure 



Serum with corpuscles (from cow) (continued) : 



of sublimated wood wool and of i per cent, 

 sublimated wool under tliis test, 306 ; test 

 stood by 10 per cent, sublimate wool, 306; 

 everything fails under this test except 

 stronger sublimate preparations and carbolic 

 gauze, 306. 

 Serum, normal : bacteria diffused by means of 

 water incapable of developing in, 278 ; sug- 

 gested explanation of fact, 278, 279. 

 not putrefied by addition of small quantity of 

 water, 280. 

 Serum, normal blood : not favourable for growth 



of attenuated bacteria, 350. 

 Serum, sublimated : for impregnation of various 

 substances used as dressings, 306. 

 as a dressing : satisfactory results of, 309. 

 defects of, 309. 



sal-alembroth (double salt of mercury and 

 chloride of ammonium) as substitute for, 310. 

 Serum, undiluted healthy : bacteria after wide 

 diffusion by means of water incapable of 

 development, 278. 

 Sewage of Carlisle : effect of carbolic acid on, 3. 

 ' Sharp spoon ' : for scraping carious bone, intro- 

 duced by Bruns, 251. 

 successful use of, by Volkmann in combination 



with antiseptics, 251. 

 author's adoption of, 251. 

 Sharpey, W. : recommends use of word ' inliibitor\-' 

 as equivalent for Hemmiings-Nervensy stein, 

 296. 

 inspired author with love of physiology*, 515. 

 his recommendation to author to visit Edinburgh, 



517- 

 greatly pleased by author's experiment showing 

 that vaso-motor function for hind legs of frog 

 is discharged by most anterior, as well as 

 entire posterior part of spinal cord, 530. 



Shellac. See Lac. 



Shock in operations : abohshed by anaesthesia, 492. 



Shoulder-joint : pain in, cured by appUcation of 

 actual cautery (Syme), :^jt„ 374, ^j-,. 

 amputation at, safer than at knee, 397. 

 methods of, 400. 



Siegle's steam inhaler : carbolic spray producer 

 acting on principle of, 258. 



Silk ligatures : cut short in stump may appear 

 after healing of wound (Lawrence), 92 ; or 

 encapsuled in nodules in cicatrix with occur- 

 rence of suppuration, 92. 

 not permanentl}' embedded where introduced, 

 but when broken up may make wav to surface. 

 92. 

 objection to, as a possible cause of suppuration, 



92. 

 used by many surgeons under antiseptic treat- 

 ment, 102 ; results not always satisfactory*, 

 102 ; an instance of tliis (Clutton), 102. 



Silk ligatures, non-antisepticized : use of. without 

 evil consequences explained by phagocyte 

 theory, 334. 



Silk sutures : made antiseptic by steeping in a 

 mixture of beeswax and carbolic acid, 139. 

 carbolizcd. preparation of, 219 (footnote). 



Silk sutures (non-antiseptic) : irritating properties 

 of. 534. 535. 



Silk thread : disadvantages of, as ligature for 

 arteries, 80, ^J. 



