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the contact of the powder produced considerable smarting upon some pa- 
tients, though well borne by others. Wounds of the first class were of- 
ten found to be cleaned as well as disinfected ; while those of the second 
them a healthier pus, and the surfaces in better condition. In a word, 
e 
it, lose at once their disagreeable odor. According to Velpeau, his’ at 
topsy room was as approachable towards the close of last summer as it 
had formally been repulsive. It was freed from flies and other insects, 48 
well as from putrid odors, 
Although it would have been out of the province of the committee to 
hese inconveniences are of comparatively slight importance, it is true, 
ied. 
eo may possibly admit of being remedied 
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