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Surgeon's  Liquid  Adhesive. 
Am.  Jour.  Pharm, 
Nov.,  19 18. 
SURGEON'S  LIQUID  ADHESIVE. 
By  E.  Fullerton  Cook,  Ph.M. 
The  usual  methods  followed  today  by  the  surgeon  for  fastening 
a  bandage  or  dressing  requires  a  strip  of  adhesive  plaster,  a  safety 
pin,  or  the  splitting  and  tearing  of  the  end  of  the  bandage  and  tieing 
with  the  string  so  made.  Even  when  carefully  applied,  especially 
wThen  a  head  bandage  or  a  spiral  reverse  is  required,  these  methods 
of  fastening  often  permit  the  bandage  to  slip  and  loosen.  Further- 
more, the  cost  today  of  adhesive  plaster  has  become  almost  pro- 
hibitive and  frequently  it  is  difficult  and  painful  to  remove  the. 
plaster. 
These  conditions  suggested  the  use  of  a  water-soluble,  liquid  ad- 
hesive for  fastening  bandages  and  the  following  is  offered  as  an 
inexpensive  and  practical  formula,  readily  prepared  by  any  pharma- 
cist or  hospital  dispensary. 
Mix  and  rub  to  a  smooth  paste. 
This  paste  may  now  be  used  by  the  surgeon  with  a  small  stiff 
brush,  like  ordinary  glue,  but  when  used  by  this  method,  the  stock 
dries  in  the  jar  in  a  few  days,  and  therefore  it  is  preferable  to  pour 
it  into  a  collapsible  tube  of  the  "  eye-point "  type,  where  it  can  be 
kept  without  drying,  and  from  which  it  may  easily  be  pressed  when 
wanted,  and  applied  with  the  aid  of  the  eye-point,  wherever  desired. 
In  addition  to  neatly  and  quickly  fastening  the  end  of  the  bandage, 
one  of  the  advantageous  applications  of  this  adhesive  may  be  in 
fastening  the  overlapping  edges  of  a  head,  hand,  chest,  or  spiral 
reverse  bandage,  absolutely  preventing  its  slipping. 
It  is  also  possible  to  use  this  adhesive  in  the  application  of  a 
small  protective  dressing  in  vaccination  or  on  a  small  cut  or  burn, 
by  selecting  a  piece  of  paraffined  gauze  or  other  dressing  material 
of  suitable  size,  applying  the  adhesive  on  all  four  edges  and  then 
holding  it  in  place  for  a  few  moments.    The  dressing  will  be  held 
Surgeon's  Liquid  Adhesive  (Cook). 
Liquid  glue  (a  commercial  glue,  such  as  Dennison's,  is  readily 
obtainable  in  bulk) 
Zinc  oxide   
Oil  of  eucalyptus   
Oil  of  peppermint 
1,000  Gm. 
200  Gm. 
15  mils. 
15  mils. 
