This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1905 Excerpt: ...it with water to which is added two pounds of washing-soda or a pint of lye; the latter is added to dissolve anv oily mattvr which the cheese-cloth contains, thus making it more absorbent. The gauze is boiled in this solution for an hour, and is then removed and washed in tailed water and passed through a sterilized ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1905 Excerpt: ...it with water to which is added two pounds of washing-soda or a pint of lye; the latter is added to dissolve anv oily mattvr which the cheese-cloth contains, thus making it more absorbent. The gauze is boiled in this solution for an hour, and is then removed and washed in tailed water and passed through a sterilized clothes-wringer; it is then immersed in a 1:1000 bichloride solution for twenty-four hours; the excess of fluid is then squeezed out of it, and it may be packed in air-tight jars and preserved as a moist gauze, or may be dried in a warm oven and packed in sterilized jars and kept as a dry gauze. Dry bichloride gauze. unless freshly prepared, possesses little antiseptic properties. In using the sublimate gauze on delicate skins a dermatitis sometimes results, which is known as mercurial eczema; this is particularly apt to occur if the gauze i moistened or covered with rubber-tissue or mackintosh. If this condition develops, the parts covered by the gauze should be nibbed over with boric acid ointment or vaseline before it is reapplied, or a sterilized gauze dressing should be substituted. Iodoform Gauze.--This may be prepared by soaking sterilized gauze in a mixture containing iodoform, 5 parts; glycerin, 20 parts; and alcohol, 75 part, . This furnishes the 5 per cent. iodoform gauze; if 10.per cent. gauze is desired, the quantity of iodoform should be doubled. When the gauze is thoroughly saturated, it should be of a uniform yellow color. It should then be thoroughly wrung out with sterilized hands to remove the alcohol, and packed in sterilized jars with tight-fitting covers. Iodoform gauze may also be prepared by saturating sterilized gauze with a mixture of ether and iodoform, and then allowing the ether to evaporate, the iodoform being distri..
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