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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1897 edition. Excerpt:...a good plug, used dry, or with iodoform dusted on them after they have been thoroughly washed in an antiseptic solution. Their use is almost restricted now Jo the natural cavities of the body, such as the nose and rectum. When used in these situations a string should be attached to the sponge, to facilitate its removal. It is not a good material for plugging a recent wound, and should not be used for this purpose. B. Bleeding from a punctured wound.--In these cases immediate treatment should consist in the careful and even application of pressure. If the wound is seated in one of the limbs, the main artery should be controlled by the fingers, or by means of a tourniquet (see Special modes of control of vessels), and by means of a pad over the wound, pressure should at the same time be made at the seat of injury. This will be sufficient to restrain the haemorrhage, till more systematic methods of applying pressure can be made use of. For the successful application of pressure, Sir. Harrison Cripps i" Dictionary of Surgery," vol. i., p. 96) lays stress on the following points: --a, ) The blood may be furnished at either end of the divided artery; (6, ) Pressure is not only required over the wound, but along the course of the artery, both above and below it; (c, ) The pressure must be disseminated along the course of the vessel, less pressure being in this way required to arrest the bleeding; (d, ) The whole quantity of blood circulating in the limb should be lessened by bandaging the entire limb from below upwards. Mr. Cripps gives the following directions: Bleeding being temporarily arrested by finger or tourniquet, the wound should be cleansed. A conical pad is made of from sixty to eighty pieces of lint, the smallest the size of a...