Word: antisepticized
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Only a few lucky physicians would be invited to view each operation. Dr. Cushing always dressed in grey, made few remarks. Only sign when he struck an unexpected problem: he would lightly rub his hands together, or dip them quickly in the bowl of antiseptic solution which stood near the...
> Theodoric, Bishop of Cervia, Italy, an unsung surgical hero of the Middle Ages, insisted that infection and formation of pus, contrary to popular medical opinion, was not necessary for successful healing of a wound. He insisted that wounds be kept clean and dry. So fellow practitioners-who continued for hundreds...
Uses. Sulfanilamide has cured septicemia, erysipelas, meningitis, scarlet fever, otitismedia (earinflammation). It has cured some cases of tonsillitis, peritonitis, osteomyelitis. It has cured gonorrhea in people who have been infected for some time, but "first infections . . respond poorly if at all." It is a good antiseptic against infections of the...
Sulphonated castor oil, the sodium alkyl sulphates, and the sodium salts of sulphonated alkyl naphthalenes are "wetting agents." As explained last week in Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Review, wetting agents reduce the surface tension of water (which makes it contract into drops), thus enable it to penetrate and...
While it is true that a certain amount of natural decomposition is hard to prevent, it is a well-known fact that such poisonous chemicals as lead arsenate and sulphur dioxide are widely used to preserve fruits, the former to protect apples from the ravages of insects, and the latter...