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INDEX TO VOLUME II 



Volkmann (Halle): demonstration of effects of 

 antiseptic treatment, 249, 250. 

 no death from compound fracture in his clinique 



since introduction of antiseptic method, 250. 

 case of anthrax resulting from use of catgut 

 ligature made from intestine of sheep that 

 had died from the disease, 341 (footnote). 

 downward gro\vth of femur when knee long 

 bent, 442. 

 Vomiting, obstinate : after free application of 

 undiluted carbolic acid to large wound, 84. 



Waller, A : his observation that galvanic stimula- 

 tion of distal end of divided sympathetic in 

 neck causes pallor of ear, 529. 

 War : antiseptic treatment of wounded soldiers in, 



161. 

 Water : septic ferments in, 225, 226. 

 bacteria in, 226, 2yj. 



number and variety of micro-organisms in, 277. 

 addition of one-hundredth of a minim of, to 

 uncontaminated milk causes bacteric develop- 

 ment, 277. 

 no putrefaction caused by addition of, to 

 coagulated blood from ox, 278 ; this con- 

 firmed by similar experiments on blood of 

 donkey and dog, 278. 

 no putrefaction caused by addition of, to serum, 

 27S. 

 Water-dressing : action of blood-clot in, prevent- 

 ing putrefaction under, 287. 

 Liston's preference for, 517. 



invariably putrid within twenty-four hours, 517. 

 Watson, Eben : compound fracture of tibia 



treated with pure carbolic acid, 27. 

 Watson, Patrick Heron : liis employment of soap 

 plaster mixed with carbolic acid, 71 ; deliga- 

 tion of circumferential vessels before removal 

 of goitre, 102. 

 Watts : his statement (in Dictionary of. Chemistry) 

 that mercuric albuminate is obtained by pre- 

 cipitating corrosive sublimate \\-ith albuminate 

 of sodium, 299. 

 Web, cicatricial : advantages of antiseptic treat- 

 ment after division of, 201. 

 Webbed fingers : coalescence of granulations after 

 division counteracted by elastic traction with 

 india-rubber, 201. 

 Wells, T. Spencer : successful ovariotomies in pre- 



antiseptic period, 275. 

 White : first use of horse hair drain, 444. 

 Wiseman, Richard : method of amputation, 381 

 (and footnote) ; the same as that of Archigenes, 

 381. 

 knew of, but did not use ligature, 381 (footnote). 

 recommends 'royal styptic', 381. 

 actual cautery necessary in ' the heat of fight ', 

 381. 

 Wittich, V. : changes of colour in green tree-frog 



due to pigmentary variation, 524. 

 Wood wool. See Sublimate. 

 WOUNDS : ADDRESS OX THE TREATMENT 



OF (1881), 275. 

 Wound : protected from stimulation and con- 

 sequent granulation may at later period be 

 subjected to stimulation by antiseptic, with 

 suppuration, 82. 

 washing of, with corrosive sublimate solution, 

 and irrigation during stitching, 336. 



Wound (continued) : 



doubts as to necessity of washing or irrigation, 



336. 

 washing of, with carbolic acid after operation, 

 354 ; this final washing omitted later, 355 

 (footnote). 

 Wound, external : heaUng by ' first intention ' 

 formerlv exceptional, 496. 

 healing by granulation, 496. 

 Wound, operation : not irrigated but washed with 

 subUmate solution, 343 ; success of this plan, 



343- 

 dressing of, in absence of chemical antiseptics, 



355- 

 Wound of palm : fetid and suppurating, treated by 



injection of saturated watery solution of car- 

 bohc acid, '^t,. 

 Wound, penetrating : of thorax and abdomen, 

 61. 

 of lung and abdomen, treated antiseptically with 

 success, 61. 

 Wound, recent: tissues of, incapable of forming pus 

 whether stimulated by nervous (inflammatory) 

 excitement, or chemical irritants (products of 

 putrefaction or pungent antiseptics), 82. 

 suppurates only when granulations form, 82. 

 Wounded soldiers in war : method of antiseptic 

 treatment applicable to, 161 ; details of, 161 ; 

 rationale of, 162. 

 WOUNDS, ADDRESS ON THE TREATMENT 



OF(i88i), 275. 

 Wounds : local inflammation and general fever 

 caused by decomposing discharges in, 2. 

 sloughing in, 2. 

 suppuration in, 2, 2>7 '■> due to decomposition 



caused by influence of atmosphere, 2i7' 

 method of antiseptic dressing of, 38. 

 use of drainage tubes in, 216, 217, 218, 221 ; 



illustrative cases, 218. 

 advantages of drainage tubes in later stages of 



treatment of, 221. 

 danger from action of putrefactive products on, 



avoided by antiseptic measures, 241. 

 erysipelas may occur when all fermentative 



agency has been excluded, 241 (footnote). 

 dry dressing of, 290 (footnote). 

 washing of, reversion to carbolic acid for, 344. 

 antiseptic management of, 349. 

 horsehair as a drain for, 414. 

 process of healing in, 448, 449, 450, 497. 

 process of healing in, as seen under antiseptic 



treatment, 497. 

 various complications of, have each special 



microbe, 501. 

 Syme's method of dressing, 517. 

 suppuration formerly almost invariable, 5 1 8. 

 Wounds, abdominal : peculiar characters of, 275. 

 plasma from cut surface effused into large cavaty 

 where it is readily absorbed by serous mem- 

 brane, 275, 276 ; hence no opportunity for 

 putrefaction, 277. 

 absence of tension in, 277. 

 high vital power of peritoneum, 277. 

 Wounds, contused : suppuration caused by in- 

 fluence of atmosphere on tissue destroyed by 

 injury, 37. 

 antiseptic treatment of, 44, 48. 

 of foot, treated antiseptically, 68. 

 treated with block-tin and antiseptic lac, 79. 



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