History and value of antiseptics : together with remarks on antiseptic dressings, read before the Surgical section of the Suffolk District Medical Society, April 7, 1886 / by Ernest W. Cushing.

  • Cushing, Ernest W. (Ernest Watson), 1847-1916.
Date:
1886
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Credit: History and value of antiseptics : together with remarks on antiseptic dressings, read before the Surgical section of the Suffolk District Medical Society, April 7, 1886 / by Ernest W. Cushing. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University.

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    more useful article for that capacious and ever-increasing receptacle, — the obstetrician's bag. The man who has something on hand to quickly and safely sew up a bleeding laceration of the cervix, or a ruptured perinfeum, will not only help liis patient, but avoid much blame in these modern and critical daj's. I will not detain you by describing the convenient forms in which I show you drainage-tubes of rubljer and of bone, nor in calling your attention to the various neat and handy spools carrying an admirable braided silk for sutures or ligatures, all readj' to be immersed in a dis- infecting solution. The various plasters for which Gros- V'Cnor & Richards have earned an honorable reputation, you can see and examine for yourselves, although they have nothing in particular to do with antiseptics. My object has been, to bring these various articles to your notice, hoping that they may prove of interest, and that y<ui may see wliat is being done in our own city in fur- nishing reliable antiseptic appliances. Hotel Pelham, Boston.