Excerpt from The Process of Repair After Resection of the Intestine and Intestinal SutureThe following experiments were performed chie¿y for the purpose of studying the process of repair as exemplified by the peculiar conditions which surround a wound of the intestinal walls, but also with the hope of contributing something of interest, and, perhaps, of value, to the surgeons and investiga tors who are now-occupied with this interesting field of surgery.The operations upon animals were performed in the Physio logical Laboratory of the Harvard Medical School. Strict asepsis was not attempted in all cases, partly because the tolerance of the peritoneum of dogs is so great that precautions are not necessary to secure prompt union of the bowel and abdominal walls, and partly because it was desired to observe the effects of localized in¿ammation upon the function of the sutured intestine.As a rule, the abdomen was shaved and scrubbed with a one per cent. Solution of carbolic acid, or a one to five thousand solution of bichloride. The animal was covered with towels wet in the bichloride solution, and the portion of abdominal wall left uncovered was sprinkled with powdered iodoform. Sponges were kept in a hot bichloride solution, and instruments in the carbolic solution.Females were usually selected for these experiments, as it would have been well-nigh impossible to keep an aseptic dress ing upon this region of a male.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.