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by swabbing with ether and allowing rapid evaporation to 

 take place afterwards. If the collodion dressing is not at 

 hand, some antiseptic gauze, lint, or wadding may be 

 fixed over the spot b}- means of strapping plaster or a 

 bandage. Given, however, an aseptic operation wound, a 

 clean place in which to put the patient afterwards, and the 

 careful and thorough application of the collodion dressing. 



Spencer Wells'. Pean's. 



Fig. 29. — Artery Forceps of Different Patterns. 



Dieffenbach's 

 or Bulldog. 



the operator may rely (even in animals) upon over 90 per 

 cent, of primary unions. As a rule there is no need to touch 

 the wound again until it is time to remove the sutures. This 

 is done in from three days to a week. The author bases this 

 statement on observations taken upon more than i ,000 surgical 

 wounds.-'- 



' Veierinary Record, May 2, 1903 (Proceedings of the Central Veterinary 

 Medical Society). 



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