Asepsis and antisepsis in abdominal surgery and gynaecology : for guidance in medical homes and private practice. / By H. MacNaughton-Jones.

  • MacNaughton-Jones, H. (Henry), 1844-1918.
Date:
1898
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Credit: Asepsis and antisepsis in abdominal surgery and gynaecology : for guidance in medical homes and private practice. / By H. MacNaughton-Jones. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by King’s College London. The original may be consulted at King’s College London.

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    OPERATING-ROOM IN PRIVATE HOME OR HOUSE. THE OPERATING-ROOM.—My object being, as I have said, to dwell on the necessity that exists outside a public hospital for the adoption of as complete asepsis and antisepsis as may be secured, I desire to show how a small private operating-i'oom can be constructed at a compara- tively small cost, and, though not as perfect as the theatre of a hospital, can still, so far as the materials for asepsis and antisepsis are concerned, be brought as near to perfection as can be hoped for with the means at our disposal. The room selected must be well lighted and well ventilated. The best window is a sloping skylight facing the north. The floor may be composed of square encaustic tiles, or of a well-laid parquet flooring thoroughly saturated with wax, and highly polished. A more economical plan is to have the floor cemented ; or as a still cheaper expedient, a highly glazed linoleum may be used. In any case, the floor should be well washed daily, and scrubbed once or twice a week. On the walls and ceiling there should be no ornamentation or projections ; and it is an advantage to have all re-entering angles rounded off. The material of the walls should be a hard smooth cement, coated with some kind of enamel. For this purpose a beauti- ful new “ lacquered paint ” is made by Messrs. Flicoteaux,