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...Many schools were in such disrepair (the New York Post reported) that roofs leaked, plaster fell from ceilings on pupils' heads, and pupils caught cold from drafts...
...department of surgery at Barcelona's General Hospital of Satalunya, now in London. Last fortnight the British Medical Journal reprinted an address which Dr. Trueta made before the Royal Society of Medicine. Society members found Dr. Trueta's methods "iconoclastic," "revolutionary," "momentous." All agreed that "closed plaster casts" such as his might prove to be "the methods of surgical election" in World...
...germs. He used no antiseptics, for most of them, he believes, kill not only germs but the delicate growing cells, do more harm than good. After the wound is trimmed, cleaned and firmly packed with dry, sterile gauze, and while the patient is still anesthetized, Dr. Trueta applies a plaster of Paris cast directly over the wound, without a cotton-wool or stockinet lining...
...Plaster has one great disadvantage: "it prevents examination of the wound at any given moment. Fortunately this examination is seldom necessary. When there is doubt about the vitality of the tissues that remain after injury ... it is essential to wait two or three days before putting on plaster." In that case, the wound should be left open to view, the limb strung up on special wires for immobilization. If the limb is "dying," it must be amputated. If the circulation speeds up within a few days, a cast...
...Trueta admitted that there is a minor objection to "closed" treatment: a terrible stench. Although it is best to keep the original plaster in place until the limb heals (usually from six to eight weeks), the cast sometimes has to be changed, when the smell becomes unbearable. Dr. Trueta discovered that a salve of brewers' yeast, applied directly to the wound, reduced the odor, did not interfere with healing. Since yeast was scarce in warring Spain, most of his cases stank to high heaven...