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NEW METHODS OF WOUND
IRRIGATION
Dr. W. W. Keen, the famous old sur
geon, describes the new method o’?
wound irrigation used by Dr. Alexis
Carrell and Dr. Dakin as follows:
The wound is thoroughly cleansed;
X-ray pictures and a most careful ex
amination are made to ascertain
whether foreign bodies are still in the
wound, for if a bit of shell—or still
worse, of clothing or skin—is present
the wound will never heal until this has
been removed. If the missile has pass
eel completely through, thus providing
a “counter-opening,” this is closed in
an appropriate way. A reservoir con
taining Dakin’s fluid is hung one meter
39 inches above the level of the wound.
From this reservoir one large tube con
trolled by a pinch-cock leads to a glass
tubo with several branches like the
teeth of a comb. From these multiple
tubular teeth several small rubber
tubes are so disposed as to reach every
small part of the wound. The far
ends of these small tubes are tied, but
the fluid escapes through several very
small holes one millimeter (1-25 of an
inch) in diameter in the sides of the
tube, and so is kept constantly in con
tact with the entire internal surface,
o* the wound.
Every two hours day and night for
only one or two seconds ,the pinch
cock is opened and a little more fluid
is sprinkled in minute streams through
the side holes of the small tubes to
every part of the wound. It is not in
tended that the fluid shall run over and
soak dressinks or the bed. It is only
intended to fill the wound in every pos
sible recess, and to keep the antiseptic
fluid in contact with the entire inner
surface of the wound all the time. By
this means, wherever there are any
bacteria in any part of the wound the
antiseptic fluid is constantly at" work
destroying thetn. The antiseptic tech
nic must be perfect. Not tven a gloved
finger is allowed to touch the wound.
Everything, dressing, tubes,, etc., all
"v-* handled by thoroughly disinfected
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Uniforms, Oil Stoves, Trunks, Victrolas,
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several deliveries at the camp daily and we can serve you satisfactor- / B
ily in this way. /Let us attend your wants, either personally, through »
the mails or by telephone. ' x
A FEW OTHER ITEMS THAT THE SOLDIER NEEDS FROM DAY J E
TO DAY. /
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Bathrobes Fountain Pens Portable Phonographs Thermos Bottles, /jf I Sf*
Blankets Games Safety Pins Tobacco Pouches -I i S
Books (Military and Goggles Safety Razors Tooth Brushes js
otherwise) Handkerchiefs Saving Sets Tooth Paste \n .S ,/
Brush Sets Insignias Shoe Polish Outfits Towels x_\' J Ki
Canned Heat Ink Tables Soap Underwear yl are
Cold Cream Kodaks Sox Uniforms F'-Ci
Combs Money Belts Stocks Wrist Watches
Cots Gun Cases Oil Stoves Spurs Writing Paper
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TRENCH AND CAMI
Every second day a microscopic ex
amination of the discharge from the
wound is made in order to count the
numbe'r of the bacteria. At first they
are innumerable. From day to day
they diminish and in a short time but
few are found. When they have prac
tically aisappaered for several days the
wound, which so far has remained open
is closed by sutures, and it quickly
heals. In four hundred cases Tehelly,
one of Carrel's assistants, said that all
but six had healed perfectly.
Thi; venerable surgeon’s recollec
toins of Civil War practice point a
striking contrast with the methods of
today:
We kpew absolutely nothing about
bacteria and their dangers or about
real infection and real disinfection.
Anything which covered up a bad smell
we then called a disinfectant. We
thrust our undisinfected fingers into
wounds, cut with undisinfected knives,
tied arteries and sewed wounds to
gether with undisinfected silk and
dressed them with undisinfected cold
water dressings—until pus began to
flow —and then dressed them with in
fected and infecting flaxseed poultices!
Is it any wonder that pyemia had, to
our shame, a mortality of 97.4 per cent?
DR. TRAWICK ON SEX
HYGIENE
Dr. A. M. Trawick, of New York, a
specialist sent out by the War Work
Council in co-operation with a number
of societies interested in social work, is
in Camp Hancock for ten days or more.
His messages, though scientifically ac
curate, are designed to present the moral
and spiritual safeguards against impurity
and the higher incentives toward a chaste
life. Dr. Trawick has been in Camp
Gordon near Atlanta for two weeks,
where his messages have met with a
hearty reception, and where thousands of
men have had this subject presented in
a new light and with great power. The
schedule for Dr. Trawick is as follows:
Wednesday. Oct. 17th, 7:3O—Y. M. C. A.
Bldg., No. 79, west of the Fourth In.
Wednesday, Oct. 18th, 7:3o—Building
No. 79, corner Wheless Rd. and Artillery
avenue.
Friday, Oct. 19th, ) :so—Building No.
77, east of-the Engineers
Saturday, Oct. 20 th, 7:3o—Building
No. 77, General Logan’s Brigade.
Sunday, Oct. 21st, 3:3o—building No. 77,
east of the Engineers.
Tuesday, Oct. 23rd—Building No. 75 at
7:30, Wheless Rd., and Artillery Ave.
Wednesday. Oct. 24—Building No. 79,
7:30, building west of Fourth Infantry.
In addition to the lectures. Dr. Tra
wick will be glad to arrange for a per
sonal interview with any man desiring
same. In all of these meetings, while
sin will be dealt with straight from the
shoulder, no man will be humiliated by
being singled out individually. It is
probable that the eyes of some will be
opened to the terrible ravages of gonor
rhea and syphfllis.
A small pamphlet, “Friend or Enemy,
Which?” will be give nt those applying
for same, and other books such as “Ra
tional Sex Life for Men,” "The Dynamic
of Manhood,” and “Life's Clinic,” will
be available through the libraries. y
I AM A PENNSYLVANIA BOY
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“50-50 IS MY MOTTO”
L. T. PALMERI
702 Broad Si. 310 Jackson SK/1
Oct. 10, 1917.
LADIES’ SEXTETTE IN
RED TRIANGLE TENT
This evening is the last entertainment
for this week in the big Red Triang’e
Tent under the auspices of the Youi.g
Men’s Christian Association. This tent
is located between Wrightsboro road and
Pennsylvania avenue on the road leading
to the postoffice. Tonight the Chicago
Ladies Orchestral Sextette will give an
excellent program which has been enjoyed
for two nights past. Rev. Frank Dixon,
the noted lecturer, who has toured so
many states on the Redpath Circuit, will
lecture on “Why We Are in the War.”
This entertainment follows the week’s
stand of the “Mikado” Opera Company
and will probably be followed next week
by the “Old Homestead” Company. Oth
er plays and entertainments of the same
high grade are being secured. The price
of admission will not be more than fif
teen cents.
On Sunday night next this big tent
will be used for a Mass Meeting with
Mel Trotter as speaker and a Quartet
from the North to handle the singi ng.
