Absorbable Antiseptic Tampons

Antiseptic Methods

The Antiseptic

Suprathel-antiseptic matrix: in vitro model for local antiseptic treatment?

Acetic acid is a traditional antiseptic agent that has been used for more than 6000 years. The main goal of this study was to demonstrate the suitability of Suprathel (PolyMedics Innovations GmbH, Denkendorf, Germany) in combination with various antiseptic agents to create an "antiseptic-matrix" especially designed for problematic microorganisms such as Proteus vulgaris, Acinetobacter baumannii...

Surgery — Antiseptic Vagaries

a pointed stick of orange wood, and the hands scrubbed again; then they should be immersed successively iu solutions of permanganate of potash, oxalic acid, and peroxide of hydrogen; finally, they should be soaked in corrosive sublimate and rinsed with boiled water." Another class of enthusiasts revel in antiseptic polypharmacy. The following (from the American Medico-Surgical Bulletin for May ...

Antiseptic Treatment of Necrosis

A lad about fourteen years of age, was admitted into the dispensary 9th November, 18(38, suffering from necrosis of the right tibia: numerous sinuses led down to the bone, and the limb presented a most unnatural appearance from the combined presence in it of portions of nearly two shafts of tibiae, the newly formed bone, and part of the dead one in course of absorption. The lad's general health...