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Show Knife and Fork 8urgery. Kfhlfe 4d fork sufcairy is thlj namo glvon by the students to a now method meth-od of Koclng, of Berlin, bycwhlch ho avoids the danger of contaminating Wounds by putting his fingers in them. The surgeon performs many operations without oven touching the tissues, much as wo cat our meals by aid of forks and spoons, instead of clawing our food. By practice with suitably devised metal lnstru meats, which, of oourso, are capable of complete sterilization, ho has found that he can get through very saany operations, Including that for appendicitis in the quiescent Interval, Inter-val, without even touching tho wound. |