OXIDIZED CELLULOSE—ABSORBABLE GAUZE

摘要: Dry gauze used to stanch bleeding in the open wound has, experience of most surgeons, been both life saving and hazardous. Hemorrhage has checked which might otherwise have proved fatal, but subsequent removal stuck raw surfaces often resulted fresh bleeding, danger infection was great. Packing frequently obscured depths blocked drainage. In fact, so great is risk promoting by this means that strong directives against use tight packing wounds issued American British military surgeons. Some time ago search for a nonirritating absorbable membrane plastic repair special structures such as tendons sheath, material proposed Dr. Hans T. Clarke, professor biochemistry at College Physicians Surgeons,