"Septic" Quotes from Famous Books
... matter of fact, they divide themselves into several classes, all different, all requiring different care, handling and treatment, and all, in their several ways, dependent for help on the machinery of mercy. In addition to injuries on the battlefield there are illnesses contracted on the field, septic conditions following even slight abrasions or minor wounds, and nervous conditions—sometimes approximating a temporary insanity—due to prolonged strain, to incessant firing close at hand, to depression following continual lack of success, to the sordid and hideous conditions of unburied ... — Kings, Queens And Pawns - An American Woman at the Front • Mary Roberts Rinehart
... as a Disinfectant.—Use of acetic acid in septic medical cases as a substitute for carbolic acid and ... — Scientific American Supplement, No. 711, August 17, 1889 • Various |