BURKS. Striking results have been obtained in cases of burns of the second and third degrees after other remedies had completely failed. Aristol ointment may be used, and the ease with which the dressing is removed and the early cicatrization obtained are noticeable features of this remedy.
of powder for the treatment of burns. The surface should be disinfected with a boric-acid lotion, and after opening the vesicles aristol is applied and the whole is covered with sterilized cotton-wool, gutta-percha paper, and a bandage. The application of aristol powder directly to the wound at the beginning hinders the dressing from soaking up the secretion; when the latter has diminished, however, aristol may be applied either alone or in a 10-per-cent. ointment with olive-oil, vaselin, and lanolin.
Case of excessive suppuration of the legs, knees, and soles of the feet, occur ring in an engineer as the result of scald ing. An ointment of aristol changed the appearance in twenty-four hours, and from this time healing continued stead ily and rapidly, an almost absolute cure being obtained in ten weeks. R. Y. McCoy (New Eng. Med. Monthly, Dec., '91).
Aristol is recommended as of value in burns, the pain being almost instantly relieved and healing being rapid. Haas (Deutsche med. Woch., p. 783, '94).
WOUNDS.—Aristol has been found of marked value in slight wounds.
Report of twenty-two cases of super ficial wounds favorably treated with aristol. Pollak (They. Monat., Dec., '00).
Aristol film recommended for the pre vention of secondary peritoneal adhe sions. When, in abdominal surgery, the surgeon is obliged to separate extensive adhesions, there is always a dread that secondary adhesions will form shortly, and that the patient will continue to suffer from that source of trouble. The methods of smearing the surfaces of torn adhesions with oil, or filling the abdom inal cavity with saline solution, are quite uncertain in the way of good results. When aristol has been dusted upon a wound it shortly forms a film with co agulated lymph, and forms a- mechanical obstacle to the formation of secondary peritoneal adhesions. After separating all abnormally adherent peritoneal sur faces, and waiting until oozing has al most ceased, aristol is sprinkled over the fresh surfaces. After waiting for this to be held by lymph, this process is re peated, and, having formed a film of aristol and lymph over the region of adhesions, the abdomen is closed. Robert T. Morris (Amer. Gyn. Jour., Oct., '91).
Number of cases of lacerated and con tused wounds about the head which healed favorably and with great rapidity. Arevoli (Incurabili, '96).