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Title: Preparatory and after treatment in operative cases
Year: 1910 (1910s)
Authors: Haubold, Herman A. (Herman Arthur), 1867-1931
Subjects: Preoperative Care Postoperative Care
Publisher: New York and London, D. Appleton and company
Contributing Library: Columbia University Libraries
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Fig. 123.—Sterile Towels Applied to Surroundings Contiguous toOperative Field. technic of sterilization, this has already been described (page62). Towels and sheets are perhaps less readily obtainable thandressings, and it is, under these circumstances, at times necessaryto meet the indications in another way. The writer has obtainedfavorable results as regards asepsis in private practice by bakingtowels and sheets and gowns in the kitchen oven, followed by
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171 172 THE OPERATING ROOM immersion in hot bichlorid solution 1 in 1,000 for twenty minutes.This necessitates the wearing of a wet gown, which is exceedinglyuncomfortable; however, this is a minor objection. Certain it isthat neither the gowns nor towels or sheets may be regarded assterile as the outcome of the baking process. Again, the contactof the mercury solution with instruments destroys them, thoughthis, too, is a minor consideration. It is to be borne in miud that aseptic results are more readilyobtained in private practice than in even the best equipped hos-pitals, though the technic of asepsis seems not to be so thorough.This is perhaps due to the probable absence of pyogenic bacteriain private residences as contrasted with hospitals, where infectedcases are frequently operated upon. This consideration, however, should not engender a com-placency which may be the causative factor in an unfavorable out-come. The chamber selected for the performance of the opera-tion should b

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