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Excerpt from Practical Ideas on Antiseptic and Aseptic Methods in the Treatment of Wounds: With a Report of Forty-Seven Consecutive Operations for Non-Suppurative Conditions in the Augustana Hospital During the Past Year
Antiseptic and aseptic surgery have been discussed so frequently and'by so many men who are great in their profession, that I cannot venture to speak upon these subjects before. This Society without giving the reasons which justify my action.
My observations, upon which the following methods are based, have extended over a period of more than seven years.
At the beginning of this time my interest in this subject was aroused by the most conscientious and enthusiastic work Prof. Chr. Fenger was doing in this direction in the Cook County Hospital. The following year, while Interne in the Presbyterian Hospital, Prof. Moses Gunn kindly permitted me to apply my ideas in all of his operations and dressings, with the remarkable result of only two instances of suppura tion in cases Of wounds for non suppurative conditions throughout my entire service under this brilliant surgeon.
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