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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 collodion, traumaticin [gutta-percha dissolved in 

 chloroform], and adhesive plaster. 



