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Spray, carbolic acid {continued) : 



ever good it did to properties as irrigator, 336, 



342. 

 can be dispensed with, 350. 

 Spray, Fort mit deni (Bruns), 280. 

 Spray : Keith's ovariotomies under, 276 ; after- 

 wards abandoned by him, 276 {footnote). 

 Spray-producer: Richardson's, 166,180, 181, 182. 

 author's, for large operations, such as ampu- 

 tation of hip or thigh, 181 ; description of, 182 ; 

 improvement in, 258, 

 Spray-producer, steam : on principle of Siegle's 

 inhaler, 206, 258. 

 I in 30 carbolic solution required to produce 



strength of i in 40, 207. 

 necessity of ascertaining proportion between 

 steam and solution, 207 {footnote) ; mode of 

 determining this, 207. 

 Sputum, phthisical : Crookshank's experiments on 

 tubercle bacilli in, 352 ; these show destructive 

 power of carbohc acid, 352, 353. 

 Squire (Plymouth) : his treatment for loose car- 

 tilage in knee-joint, 194. 

 Stang (Stonveg, Norway) : ' aseptin ' and ' amy- 

 kos ', 227 ; boracic acid the active principle in 

 these substances, 227. 

 Staphylococci : Idlled by carbolic acid, 341, 342. 



in acute abscesses, 501. 

 Staphylococcus pyogenes aureus : its resistance to 

 germicidal action of corrosive sublimate, 343. 

 most frequent cause of suppuration in man, 343, 



351- 

 killed by carbolic acid, 344 (Crookshank, in foot- 

 note). 

 has great resistance, 351. 



killed more rapidly in surgical work by carbolic 

 acid than by mercury^ bichloride, 351. 

 Stasis of blood. See Blood. 

 ' Stimulus of necessity ' (John Hunter) : is stimulus 



of putrefying substance, 241. 

 Stitches, button. See Sutures. 

 ' Stitches of relaxation ' : 241. 



importance of, first pointed out by Simon of 

 Heidelberg, 241 {footnote). 

 Stitches, horsehair : use of, in operations for hare- 

 lip, 245. 

 Stitches, silver-wire : use of, in operation for 



harelip, 245. 

 Strapping, antiseptic : preparation of , 168, i6g {foot- 

 note). 

 Streptococci : killed by carboUc acid, 341, 342. 



in acute abscesses, 501. 

 Streptococcus of erysipelas: destroyed by weak sub- 

 limate solutions, 344 (Crookshank in footnote). 

 the cause of erysipelas, 501, 502. 

 Streptococcus pyogenes : destroyed bv weak solu- 

 tion of corrosive sublimate, 344. 

 Stump. See Amputation. 

 Sublimate, corrosive. See Corrosive. 

 Subliniate serum. See Serum. 

 SubUmate lotion : rags steeped in, as an emergency 

 dressing, 319. 

 development of microbes prevented by, 343. 

 Sublimate wood wool : preparation of, 297. 



experiments as to effects of, on blood, 300, 301, 



302. 

 its effects on milk, 302. 



gives compound with scrum wliich retains pro- 

 perties of corrosive sublimate, 302. 

 LISTER 11 Q 



Sulphate of chromium. See Chromium. 

 Sulphite of potash : internal administration of, as 



prophylactic against pyaemia, 542. 

 Sulpho-chromic catgut. See Catgut, chromic. 

 Sulphurous acid gas : diffused through cotton wool 



as an antiseptic dressing, 176. 

 Sulphurous acid lotion : as an antiseptic wash for 



raw surfaces, 180. 

 Suppuration : not always due to micro-organisms, 



216. 

 observations on conditions of, i. 

 in wounds, 2, 37. 



carbohc acid as a preventive of, 3. 

 caused by stimulating action of carbolic acid, 8, 



II, 50, 147. 

 not mischievous, 11. 

 in extravasated blood without external wound, 



21. 

 in compound fracture of femur, independent 



of atmospheric influence, 21, 26. 

 caused by decomposition due to influence of 



atmosphere, 37. 

 appearance of, not a sign of failure of antiseptic 



treatment, 39. 

 not caused in granulations by contact of foreign 



body, 40. 

 may be induced by carboUc acid acting as 



chemical stimulus, 40. 

 different effects of carbolic acid and decom- 

 position in regard to, 41. 

 may be produced by antiseptics but only on 



surface to which they are applied, 49. 

 from stimulating action of antiseptic, mode of 



avoiding, 50. 

 putrefaction not held by author to be sole 



cause of, 146. 

 produced by long-continued action of carbolic 



acid on tissues, 147. 

 may be caused through nervous action or by 



noxious agents (stimulating salts or chemical 



stimuh), 147. 

 causes of, exhibited in diagrammatic form, 149 



{and footnote). 

 element of time in, 150. 

 cannot be induced by any stimulus in healthy 



tissues, 150. 

 granulation must precede, 150. 

 may occur without septic organisms, 216. 

 not stopped by carbohc acid by any specific 



agency, 265. 

 in pre-anaesthetic days, 293. 

 author's former view that it was caused by 



tension of pent-up liquid operating through 



nervous system disproved, 347. 

 Staphylococcus pyogenes aureus most frequent 



cause of, in man, 343, 351. 

 without putrefaction : occurrence of, 501. 

 formerly an inevitable attendant on nearly 



every wound, 518. 

 author's early doctrine that it was due to decom- 

 position of organic liquids. 535. 

 Suppuration : ' Antiseptic '. Sec Antiseptic. 

 Sujipuration and granulation. S2. 

 Suppuration, intlanimatory : ditforcnt from that 



produced by chemical stimulation. 40. 

 Suppuration of joints : spontaneous cure of. under 



antiseptic system, 48. 

 Suppuration, sojitic : cases of, after operations 



performed antiseptically, 293. 



