Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-05-20

.o.iiS anu comes out In sheet-like
iolos wound up on large spindles a
for use.
IL Is very interesting to observe the
wonderful process of publication these
articles go through before they are
ready for medical purposes. For in
stance, IN the aseptlc rooms the gnuze
ciuth and cotton are not only clean in
appearance. but all bacteria is de-
stroyed. For chemical sterilization
and mechanical cleanliness are amony
the newer weapons that are called u
the aid of the surgeon. Anrisepsis has
not been abandoned. but has developed
into Its higher form, asupgls-the anti
septic dressing has now become asep-
NC; and the requirements for n surg-
cai dressing now are ~ absorb well.
wound secreh!1ns; (2) he free from
patnogenie organisms: t0 work anti
sepucally,-i.e. prevent decomposition
OF the absorbed secrotlons.
ihese materials used by the medical
PROFESSION must be absolutely free
from germs of every klnd--free from
an FORMS of bacteria, and for the pro-
auction of such material, we now enter
the aseptfc laboratories, consisting OF
rooms where gauze cloth. cotton and
the like are prepared, by wonderful
process of chemical solutions. TNey
are then sent to the sterilizing rooms
where provision IL made for the use of
steam, formaldehyde and sulphur di-
oxide vapors, together with chemical
ana mechanical processes. The prin-
cipal agent employed Is saturated
steam steam, In the vacuum process as here
utilized, steam, unmixed with air.
passing in currents under pressure
through the dressings and materials
Used for surgical purposes gives the
sterilization efficiency of actual boil
ing IN water The chambers are con-
structed with thick walls of metal and
asbestos covered with wood. The in
terror is lined with perforated steam
pipes for producing live steam. and
radiators for producing heated air
within the chamber. Doors are steam
tght, pipes are fitted with supply and
safety guages, exhaust valves, etc,
and iron cars. with trays. carrying the
artlcies INTO the chamber to be treated.
Heat. is turned on. the air then ex-
hausted until vacu,im is formed, sat
urated streaming steams let In until the
temperature reaches $40 degrees. md
the pressure guage indicates S to 10
pounds. This process is continued for
about two hours and all articles then
pass into aseptlc rooms.
Here the walls and ceilings are rlass
smooth. The floors are filed and pol
ished. There are no shelves or crew.
ces to harbor dust. The furniture
consists of glass-topped tables on iron
frames. Everything going into this |
room first passes into the ante-room
and is thoroughly quarantined. The
attendants clothing Is changed and
nothing is allowed in this white" |
room but what has been rIgldy and |
chemically purified. Herein lies the |
success attending the absobent cotton, |
gauge cloth. and other preparations |
used by the surgeons. Even after this |
critical test has been gone through |
aa hos Il 4
seem to be sufficient: for later. bacteri- |
illogical tests are made from the pro- |
ducts of the aseptic laboratories. For |
example: A portion of gauzeis impreg- |
mated with I'm infected nutrient fluid. |
The gauze is then dried, a portion |
placed in sterillzed nutrient Jelly in the |
culture chamber" If in three DAYS |
pertinent, the material is infected and
all such lots" undergo another sterih-
cation.
Nor are materials used by surgeons
the only ones manufactured here. As
we go into one large powder room"
We see hundreds OF hands weighing up
baby powder" making and |
boxing corn plasters, mustar plasters
etc, for every conceivable plaster
Snown to the medical world almost, is
made here.
In the plaster room" proper the
,tid uoHHh ana otHer plaSterS are run |
through machines and made by the
and thousands, and holes are
'unctured in the same with the rapidity
u printing. One machine alone will
urn out 10000 plasters daily, and these
isually sell in drug stores from 10 to 20
'ents each. Five OF such machines are
iere
This company has also their own
printing press and advertising bureau.
heir own box factory, In fact every
department. and facility for the rapid
md complete operation and carrying
ut of the work going on systematically
md on an immense scale; for their
GODS are sent to Continental Europe
nd all over the world.
From beginning to end, from first to
asst, the hundreds of various products
( these factories are clean and
pure, so Mr.. johnson says;
nd the order. cleanliness and discipline
maintained bear every evidence of the
ruth.
The government has Just ordered ,
lost of the supplies for the army and
avy from these factories. and John
on & Johnson are becoming very
Tealthy and are extending their pro-
ucts to all markets of the civilized ;
-orld and driving out ali foreign COM
etition from the American market. I
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