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Title: The diagnosis and treatment of diseases of women
Year: 1907 (1900s)
Authors: Crossen, Harry Sturgeon, 1869-
Subjects: Genital Diseases, Female Gynecology Gynecology Women Generative organs, Female
Publisher: St. Louis : Mosby
Contributing Library: Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine
Digitizing Sponsor: Open Knowledge Commons and Harvard Medical School

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uze w Cutting the Plaster, so as to inspect the wound and changeithout removing the plaster from the skin. removed. The woundis now healed. Thevicinity of the woundis dusted freely withsome antiseptic dry-ing powder (such asboric acid or aristol) asmooth piece of gauzeis laid over the region(Fig, 680) and the ab-domen is firmly strap-ped with strips of two-inch adhesive plaster(Fig. 690) in such away as to take thestrain from the newlyhealed wound. Fouror five strips are puton (Fig. 691) so as togive firm support.Then a piece of cotton is placed over all, andthe binder reapplied.When it is desiredto look at the woundarea, because of irri-tation along the suturetracts or for otherreason, the adhesiveplaster is cut alongthe edges of the gauze(Fig. 691) and thegauze removed so thatthe scar and vicinityare exposed (692).After the requiredtreatment, gauze isagain applied andthen new plaster puton, the ends of thenew plaster stripsadhering to the oldplaster at each side.This permits inspec-
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Fig. 692. Method of Exposing the Wound as often as necessary forchange of dressing, without causing the patient the discomfort of repeat-ed removal of plaster from the skin. The new plaster is put over the old. ABDOMINAL SECTION-SPECIAL CONDITIONS 773 tion of the wound area as often as desired, without the discomfort of repeatedremoval of plaster from the skin. Ordinarily, the scar area need not be in-spected for several days or a week after the sutures are removed. Then it isexposed as above explained, cleansed, dusted with a drying powder, coveredwith gauze and again strapped with adhesive strips. In the meantime, a light strong abdominal supporter is fitted to the patient.This is to be worn for three months. It is well to leave the adhesive strips on untilthe patient reaches home, as they serve as an additional protection during theextra exertion of the trip. After the patient reaches home and the abdominalsupporter has become comfortably adjusted, the adhesive strips are removed.

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