November ^7  }    Applying  C urrel-D ]akin  Solution.  505 
There  will  therefore  never  be  more  instillation  tubes  at  the  site  of 
the  wound  than  are  required  for  irrigation.  Another  objection  to 
the  Rose  irrigator  is  found  in  the  fact  that  the  glass  reservoir  from 
which  the  solution  is  distributed  to  the  various  instillation  tubes 
must  be  held  in  a  vertical  position  by  some  form  of  support  at  the 
site  of  the  wound.  If,  for  example,  a  patient  should  happen  to 
have  two  wounds  in  the  same  leg,  one  above  the  knee  and  the  other 
Fig.  4-A.  Improved  apparatus  in  use.  Note  that  the  instillation  tubes 
may  be  freely  manipulated  while  dressing  the  wounds  without  interference 
from  the  distributing  tubes,  sight-feed  bulbs  or  clamps,  all  of  which  are  well 
elevated  above  the  patient. 
below  the  knee,  it  would  be  necessary  to  employ  one  complete 
apparatus  for  irrigating  each  wound.  The  disadvantages  with 
regard  to  lack  of  simple  attachment,  insertion  of  instillation  tubes, 
etc.,  discussed  in  describing  the  apparatus  pictured  in  Fig.  2,  apply 
also  to  the  Rose  irrigator. 
