The Influence of American Surgery on Europe, Vol. 5 (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from The Influence of American Surgery on Europe, Vol. 5And while Germany will probably keep its leading position as far as the theoretical branches of medicine are concerned, the United States will become authoritative in practice. Asepsis, the daughter of antisepsis, while the result of the research of Pasteur, Lister and Koch, was methodically introduced into practice by von Bergmann. But the greatest perfection of the new method has an American trademark. Nowhere are aseptic technics so commonly practiced and so perfect as in the surgical strongholds of the United States. The natural cleanliness, so characteristic of American habits, has of course been a most favorable element for. The introduction and ap preciation of aseptic principles.The American nation is acknowledged all over the world as the cleanest. It is therefore not astonishing that asepsis has been more highly appreciated here than anywhere else, and it is easy to understand that this country is destined more than any other nation to develop asepsis to its fullest perfection.It is safe to say that in many respects the United States have ful filled a noble mission in this direction for many years, a task not to be underestimated. There are a number of signs indicating that this characteristic sense for cleanliness has, like some other American virtues, in¿uenced other countries indirectly. What a change, for instance, is observed in immigrants who come from semibarbarous districts, where even an annual bath is regarded as an extravagant and foolish luxury. They sometimes carry all imaginable varieties of mother earth, especially ou those surfaces of the body not covered by clothing. When they scratch themselves for obvious reasons they become self-inoculated with the germs harbored in their well culti vated filth. As bacteriological investigations prove, all sorts of pus producing germs are found in their skin, so it is only too natural that the skin surface of such individuals is covered with boils and swollen glands. The example of their new fellow citizens soon teaches them a good lesson, and in the second generation the sense of cleanliness is generally very well developed.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.