Show RAPID STRIDES IN SURGERY War Has Brought Discoveries That Alleviate Pain and Heal the Most Dangerous Wounds is s one of ot the new words words that that will be added to the dictionary as aR she he direct ct outcome of or the war IB is IBa isa a combination of bismuth and ond paste and Is s the name namo given to one of the tho most Important surgical discoveries of ot Dr Rutherford Morrison a famous operative surgeon of London It exorcises exercises a n strange charm upon the treatment o of dangerous danger ous wounds In the early days of the war doctors doctor employed the older forms of ot curative surgery which entailed long periods of suffering to th the wounded soldier old r. r By Bythe Bythe Bythe the new process s the destroyed and Infected areas Arens are excised parts thoroughly drenched with spirit and after atter the application tb e thin layer of ot the wound cat cab many cases be sewn up immediately with every prospect of primary union and no DO further dlE distress to the patient Even wounds associated with bone bona injuries Injuries In in- juries or damaged Joints have been successfully treated by this thin th method and compound fractures have lost much of their seriousness One of the most marvelous cases eS Is la recorded at nt a n London military hospital A piece of shell penetrated n a soldiers soldier's chest and diaphragm passing Into the abdominal cavity These terrible Injuries Injuries In In- Injuries juries healed without subsequent III m consequences the track of the missile being excised and the wound sutured after a thorough application of Similar r success has hus been attained In ID Incases Incases cases of or gas gns g gangrene which la is d de deprived deprived of ot Its chief terror since th the the germs of ot this the Infection can no lo longer thrive |