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EDITORIAL. 
PATHOLOGICAL PHYSIOLOGY. 
OXYGENATED WATER IN SURGERY. 
By Pean and Baldy. 
The following conclusions are derived from numerous ob¬ 
servations of the use of oxygenated water in the treatment of 
surgical wounds : 
1st. Water containing from two times to six times (according 
to the case) its volume of oxygen, may advantageously take the 
place of alcohol and phenic acid in surgery. 
2d. It may be used externally for the dressing of wounds in 
various forms of ulceration, in injections, in fumigations, upon 
a certain number of patients, and in some affections, such as 
pyemia, septicemia, tuberculosis, diabetes and erysipelas. 
3d. Dressings are made with bandages covered with oil silk, 
and renewed two or three times a day, as the case may require. 
4th. The results so far obtained, after severe operations, have 
been satisfactory. Not only recent wounds, but also old and 
sphacelous ulcers go on safely toward cicatrization when thus 
treated. Reunion by first intention in wounds of amputation can 
be produced by this mode of dressing. 
5th. The general as well as the local condition seems to be 
benefited by its use. It reduces the traumatic fever. 
6th. An advantage of oxygenated water over phenic (acid) is 
that it is not followod by any toxic action or bad odor. Its ap¬ 
plication is not painful. 
7th. Not only surgical wounds, but many other affections 
seem to be benefited by its use, to wit, all kinds of ulcerations, 
deep abcesses, ozena and purulent cystitis.— Societe de Biologie. 
EDITORIAL. 
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