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stitches are necessary to close the wound, I would first wash 
out the wound as before stated with a solution of oxychlorine, 
then over the line of stitches apply the oxychlorine in powder. 
Do this, and you can rest satisfied that you will have union by 
first intention. 
So far we have dealt only with oxygen, except to state that 
oxychlorine consists of a combination of the two most powerful 
gases known to scientific medicine. Heretofore the word 
chlorine has always been associated in the minds of medical 
men with cautery or poison. There are few, if any, who 
realize the fact that chlorine gas can be brought in contact 
with a wound and not cauterize. The teaching in all schools 
so far as we know has been that chlorine gas brought in contact 
with a solution of continuity, will decompose the molecule of 
water and form hydrochloric acid, setting oxygen free; the 
result will be a cautery. This we believe is what has been and 
still is taught. Now, while that is true so far as chemistry is 
usually taught, yet it is not true when used in oxychlorine, for 
the very simple reason that hydrochloric acid cannot be formed 
in the presence of an excess of nascent oxygen ; the result is, 
that you have all the good effect that can be obtained from 
those two powerful gases acting together in their nascent state. 
There are other conditions often met with where oxychlorine 
by itself is not applicable ; for these conditions we put up 
another preparation, called “ Oxychlorine Plastic Dressing.” 
It is composed of oxychlorine, C. P. glycerine and dehydrated 
silicate of alumina and magnesia, all of which are hygroscopic. 
The oxychlorine is dissolved in glycerine ; the glycerine being 
a hydro-carbon is absorbed by the tissues and takes the oxy¬ 
chlorine with it, and thus by osmosis it reaches the circulation. 
When this dressing is placed over an inflamed and swollen part, 
the process of osmosis and exosmosis is at once set up ; the gly¬ 
cerine with the oxychlorine is absorbed by the osmosis and the 
fluid exudate is removed by exosmosis ; in this way the swelling 
is rapidly removed, especially in acute cases. 
In cases of long standing the swelling is removed and the 
