Show OF THE SKIN soap and Wat water roe poes not re remove all the th the new york heralds european edition exports i some interesting esperi meets of M X lauenstein Lan enstein a hamburg amburg 11 physician phy sisian upon the bisin faction of the kin it is y 1 ne rally supposed that a dittli sm y ant anil water will remove all imperi im puri i I 1 cs s from the skin sk in but these expert asperi i ants of SI 24 lauenstein prove that it ir i y y no indans easy casy to disinfect it everl ls by S carute washings and the most severe antis antiseptic itic applications in operations he first removed a small piece of 23 of these cases had merely been washed with water whereas the remaining had had bad the operative field dis with ether alcohol and solutions of sub ihnate of chlorine the little pieces of skin bli in taker taken from the latter and tested by the usual methods of culture were found ti 0 be exempt from germs in 49 cases only the practical conclusion to be drawn from thee exper experiments experiment imen ts is that of the skin is difficult to realize that at a quantity of baths bath must be given nud and that too many precautions cannot lie be taken arid and no detail la 14 superfluous As regards hospital practice M lauen steins experiments show that it is far preferable arefe ble not to operate on patients aa soon as they are am admitted but only when they have been subjected to repeated and thorough cleansing cleaning clean ing and fec tion for greater security it is isad advised vise d to have a series of washings with soap and of frictions friction with alcohol ather corboline cor bolie icid and sublimate the portion of the body bady to lie treated being protect td during each by a fresh anti il ar hinr as the only security against va tresh bian contamination |