Show CONflICT CHANGES C H AN G E S ort OF or- f t 1 f. f 1 i I. I j If 4 gIf g- 17 LONDON LONDON Aug 21 A. A A year of at war has bas worked a revolution iu In the army surgeons surgeon's method of dealing ordinary wounds of the battlefield battlefield bat bat- which on account of the changed character of or the projectiles are more severe than In previous wars wars In almost every instance of wounds from modern artillery the broken tissues are aro found by the surgeon surgeon surgeon sur sur- geon to have become infected d by scraps scraps' of cloth or or other material on ona ona ona a a ascale scale without precedent At the start most of the relied on on ona a stringent application of ot recognized rued cl methods of antisepsis to combat com corn bat tIlls this The rhe tissues were deluged with powerful germicides even eVOI strong carbolic acid being em em- played The Tile success of ot this method however how ever was far ar from rom complete and gradually a ne new system based on well weIl known kno principles but entirely novel application was SU substituted One of ot the elementary principles of physics is that if it a vessel contains contains con con- two solutions of oC varying strength divided from each other by byan an ani animal membrane liquid will pass from train the Ule w weaker aker to the stronger solution until ultimately both are at the same me strength This principle was brought Into action In the tho treatment treatment treat treat- ment meat of ot wounds In order to stimulate stimulate late the action of at the serum of ot the Wood blood which has strong antiseptic pr properties The Tho wound Is filled rUled with witha a liquid solution of salt and sodium citrate cUrate at a 3 considerably greater concentration than that In the serum of at the blood Under the the- Influence o ot this thi liquid the serum Is Is' poured ou out from the body Into the he the wound tending both to cleanse it and to destroy de do- stroy etroy the tho bacteria that arc are present This system system- has bas the great tage tace age that It leaves the tissues un un- un- un impaired by the tho fluids used for tor the destruction n of or germs The full Cull rec recognition of the efficiency of this method Introduced largely through the efforts of Sir Almroth Wright says a medical writer must be regarded re ye- as o ono one o of the lie most Important advances advances' made In surgery as a a. result re re- re- re sult suit of the tho war NO C DANGER NGER Doctor I Doctor I I am sorry to say 83 Mrs that your our son in is suffer sutter- h big ing from rs ra O 1 an n I that cant can't be bo a n. bit do dore we re burn bum anything but n candles In Inthis inthis this house bouse HIS LAST ACT Where Whre Wh re Is In my old friend Ho HG tackled n a drunken runk 11 Irish Irishman mall by himself sir air Why I 1 thought that would be th the 5 last thing thing- he would do dou It it was wall I |