Acu,  Jour.  Pbarnj.  I 
Apiil,  1911.  / 
Medicated  Gauges. 
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with  the  caps  loosely  placed,  should  then  be  resterilized  in  a  steam 
bath  for  one  half-hour,  after  which  they  should  be  immediately 
sealed. 
Dissolve  the  iodoform  in  the  acetone  and  pour  over  the  gauze 
loosely  placed  in  a  sterilized  jar,  or  other  suitable  container,  fitted 
with  a  close  cover.  Cover  and  allow  to  stand  about  fifteen  minutes 
or  until  evenly  moistened.  Remove  from  the  jar  and  drive  off 
the  acetone  by  waving  in  the  air.  Immediately  wrap  in  sterilized 
parchment  paper.  Resterilize  in  steam  bath  for  fifteen  minutes  and 
then  enclose  in  a  tight  carton,  or  tough  paper  wrapper,  previously 
steriHzed. 
Prepare  by  taking  iodoform  gauze  dry,  as  above,  and  sprinkling 
with  freshly  sterilized  distilled  water  containing  5  per  cent,  of 
glycerin  (about  75  c.c.  wif  be  needed  for  each  100  Gm.  of  gauze). 
Allow  to  stand  in  a  covered  sterile  jar  till  the  moisture  is  evenly 
distributed.  Pack  into  sterilized  amber  glass  jars  and  resterilize, 
with  lids  of  jars  loosely  placed,  in  a  steam  bath  for  fifteen  minutes. 
Hermetically  seal  the  jars  immediately  upon  removal  from  the 
sterilizer. 
Resterilization  for  only  fifteen  minutes  is  directed  for  iodoform 
gauze  because  of  the  ease  with  which  iodoform  is  decomposed  by 
heat. 
Prepared  in  this  manner,  the  iodoform  is  sO'  firmly  attached 
to  the  gauze  that  very  little  is  washed  off  when  immersed  in  water. 
With  the  starch  paste  suspension  method,  as  previously  mentioned, 
the  secretion  from  a  freely  discharging  wound,  or  the  condensed 
steam  from  sterilization  is  sufiicient  to  flush  it  from  the  material. 
Iodoform  Gauze,  10  Per  Cent.,  Dry. 
Iodoform  ..  . 
Acetone  .  .  .  . 
Sterile  gauze 
10  Gm. 
100  c.c. 
100  Gm. 
Iodoform  Gauze,  10  Per  Cent.,  Moist. 
Thymol  Iodide  Gauze,  5  Per  Cent.,  Dry. 
Thymol  iodide 
Chloroform  .  . 
Acetone  
Sterile  gauze 
5  Gm. 
25  c.c. 
50  c.c. 
100  Gm. 
