The American journal of the medical sciences (1827)
[Thorofare, N.J., etc.] Charles B. Slack [etc.] · leaf 642
the Berlin Hygienic Institute. Thus cotton or linen stuff, to be found in every household, can be rapidly rendered serviceable for surgical purposes by a short boiling in soda or potash lye. Well rung out, it can be immediately used, and will dry rapidly in situ under the influence of the body-heat… … Lautenschlager's apparatus for the sterilization of dressings by steam. But these objections do not prevail as to a steady current of slightly superheated steam. The apparatus needed for this purpose is simple, cheap, and durable, and as I have ascertained during an extensive tour of investigation,…
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