The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1916-10-13
Use NO BANDAGES
IN new SURGERY
Latest Method Of Healing Oh.
stinate Wounds Proves
Great Success.
ARE SPRAYED WITH OZONE
Stream Of Gaseous Substance Flows
Into oeepes. Reeesses, Killing All
Mlcrobes---tterrors OF Dressing
Wounds eliminated.


London. - Bandages are eliminated
In the latest methods OF healing oh.
stinats wounds here. This Is one Of
the marvellous Developments Of surgery
10 which the war has given impetus,
One Of the horrors Of hospitals is
dressing wounds Strong. brave men
scream involuntarily with pain every
day when the bandages are removed
and the wounds treated.
At Queen Alexandras military hos
pital today several patients were ex-
hibated undergoing the new treatment
Two Of these men were most severely
wounded In September. Of last year.
and for ten months had been treated
10 the customary way without any sign
Of healing. On August they were
brought to this hospital. the bandages
were flung away. the wounds were
subjected to repeated applications OF
a stream of ozone, being lightly GOV.
cred with loose layer OF lint In the
intervals, and In four days healing was
In rapid progress.
This treatment In simplicity itself.
Oxygen passes from a reservoir Into
an electrical machine which converts
II into ozone: the ozone flows GU,
through fine metal tube. The ma
chine IL wheeled close to the patients
bed. the wound uncovered, and a
stream Of the microbe-kiliing ozone
flows into the deepest recesses. No
painful dragging of OF baudages, no
rebandnging Of the limb 10 hurt and
exhaust the patient.
New Treatment q success
Here was seen q soldier who had
lost his right fespt. withsa stamp GOV,
cred with skin so healthy and hard
that he could walk upon 1t, surgical
marvel.
What might be called the open-air
treatment Of wounds has come to stay.
At the Herbert hospital IL soldier
with a bad compound fracture OF the
leg. The limb IL not swathed IN many
yards OF bandages as was the custom
but lies between sandhags to secure
lmmohllity and IL covered only with a
single layer Of lint. The lint liz kept
constantly wet with peroxide OF by
drogeu. Surrounding the leg is a large
cage covered with sheet Of thin but
ter muslin, so TINT the wound Is con-
tinually refreshed by free current Of
air. Extremely rapid healing and
freedom from the agony Of manipula-
ton are the great gains from this
mode OF treatment.
The whirlpool bath In entirely a war
invention. from which excellent results
In cases OF stitf joints have been OBJ
tained In France. Ii consists of a
small oblong bath, flled with water
which In kept Ia continuous movement
by a miniature propeller revolved at
a very high speed by means Of an cleo
trtc motor. A stin arm or leg. hand
or foot, placed In the bath and kept
there for some time Ia much Improved
by the stimulus Of the running water.
Marvellous examples Of bone carpen-
Try are to be seen. such as the trans
ference OF o large piece Of bone from
the leg to all a gsp In the arm boae
or jaw
Trench foot Is being more or less
successfully treated by massage. oper.
alton. and other methods
After the Surgeon the Mssseur.
All sorts OF Joint injuries 70 10 Ham
nersmith hospltsl. and there. ns well
A. at other hospitals is to be seen
q collection OF Ingenious exercises for
restoring mobility. when the surgeon
has done all that he can the patient
goes 10 the rnasseurs and the exercis-
era II his wrist Ia stiff be twists
bar with graduated resistance; n he
canDot fully close his hand he gvssps
tAick bar and turns II. paselng on 10
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