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else the end of the artery is ligatured with some aseptic material 

 such as boiled silk. 



In cases where the edges cannot be drawn together, or in 

 which it is not considered advisable to adopt such a course, 

 the thorough application of antiseptics must be resorted to, 

 either by application on clean wadding or with a syringe. 

 Syringes should be made of some material which can be 

 rigorousl)- cleaned. 



•Spencer Wells' Feeiii'x. Dirffeuhecch's or Bull-doy. 



Fig. 22. 

 Artery forcei)s of different patterns. 



Dry antiseptic dressings are applied usually by being dusted 

 on the parts with the aid of a piece of wadding, or, if at all 

 deep seated, by means of an insufflator of some pattern or other. 



The list of fluid antiseptics commonly used for wounds is the 

 same as that already mentioned when speaking of those used 

 for instruments. Dry antiseptic dressings include such agents 

 as boracic acid, zinc oxide, iodoform, thioform, orthoform, 

 starch, alum, tannic acid, etc., either alone or mixed together 



