INDIFFERENT REMEDIES. MECHANICALS 293 



Uniting Remedies (Contentives). — These serve to unite solu- 

 tions of continuity (wounds, fractures of bones). The so-called 

 immovable dressings are made of rubber, gelatin, water glass, 

 plaster-of-Paris, starch paste, etc. Medical uniting substances 

 for wounds are coUodion, traumaticin [gutta-percha dissolved in 

 chloroform], and adhesive plaster. 



