DIET AND HEALTH
DIET AND HEALTH
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饮食与健康
DOI:
10.1136/bmj.2.4108.688
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发表时间:
1939
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通讯作者:
John I. Bell
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作者:
J. Satsangi;D. Jewell;M. Parkes;John I. Bell
solution and then into the sloughing floor of the ulcer. Small sloughs seem to be burnt away by this; hence the word " cautery," which is also used to prevent too frequent repetition of the process. Larger sloughs are freed as much as possible on all sides and removed with scissors. In bad cases (with rapid onset or with pronounced general symptoms) I am chary of cutting any tissue which might bleed. The removal of dead skin in the neighbourhood often exposes unexpected areas of phagedaena; in fact, when it is not implanted on an existing ulcer, the phagedaenic process begins beneath a blister or unbroken epidermis which must, of course, be removed. The parts treated with P.P.C. take on the appearance of a freshly tarred cavity. How does one know when to stop cauterizing? Usually by studying the patient's response. (No anaesthetic is used.) The cautery is continued in each part of the ulcer until the patient feels the burning. The smell disappears long before the cauterization is completed. The ulcer is finally filled with 1 in 5 iodoform-boric dusting powder, covered with absorbent wool-gauze being unnecessary-and bandaged till the next day. In an average case it will then show a large granulating surface with a few patches of phagedaena, and a fine layer of iodoform over the whole area. The boric acid has gone with the serous discharge; it presumably mildly encourages this discharge as well as medicating it. In such cases the third day is best for cauterizing the burrows of the remaining sloughing 'spots in the ulcer. Cases needing more than two P.P.C. treatments are, in my experience, rare.