Antiseptic surgery; its principles, practice, history, and results.

  • Cheyne, William Watson, Sir, 1852-1932.
Date:
1882
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Credit: Antiseptic surgery; its principles, practice, history, and results. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. THE PARTICULATE THEORY OF FERMENTATION. ON THE FERMENTATION OF BOILED SUBSTANCES. TAGR Definition of putrefaction and fermentation—Chemical fermentations— Living ferments—Various views on fermentation—Lavoisier—Fa- broni—Tlienard—\ppert—Gay-Lussac's experiments and conclusions —Caignard-Latour—Schwann, heated air inert—Schulze—Ure and Helmholtz, nascent oxj^gen inert—Liebig's views—Review of the subject—Schroeder and Dusch, filtered air inert—Schroeder, ozone inert—Schroeder's final views—Pasteur's researches—Lister—Roberts —Tyndall^My own results, carbolised air inert—Conclusions as to the cause of the fermentation of boiled substances .... 1 CHAPTER II. THE PARTICULATE THEORY OF FERMENTATION {continued). ON THE FERMENTATION OF UNBOILED SUBSTANCES. {jVAiiti yncc—Gaif-Liiasa'—Van tier Brocck—Pasteur—Boberts; blood— Van (Icr Broech—Pasteur—Bvrdoii-Sanderson—Lister—3Iy own re- sults; unboiled urine—Van der Broeelt—Pasteur—Lister—My own results— Boberts—Cazeneure and Liron; milk—Hoppe-Seyler—Bo- hrrts—LAster—My own, experiments ; egg albumen— Van der Liroerk — Gayon—BobeHs—My own experiments; vegetable tissues—Boberts; animal tissues—Billroth—'Hegel—Burdon-Sanderson—My own ex- periments— C'Mene and Ewart—Meissner—General review of the facts — Behaviour of fluids and tissues in the living body—Principles of aseptic surgery ;{() CHAPTER in. ASEPTU; SUR(;EKY—materials EMPLOYED, Problems to be solved in order to kcoi) a wound aseptic : Carbolic acid - Carbolic lotions - Pure earbolic aeid—Solution in methylated spirit— rarbol/e oil - Carbo/ie aeid and ylyrerine : Spray fjroducers: Catgut