Finally a pledget of dry cotton should be loosely packed into the ear passage, and worn by the patient for twelve or twenty-four hours.
When there is a cavity in an aching tooth it should be cleaned of food, and a little pledget of cotton wool wrapped on a toothpick may be used to wipe the cavity dry.
As these gases are extremely odorous, they should be passed through a pledget of cotton saturated with formaldehyde, before being allowed to pass into the open air.
The proper manner in which to plug the orifices of the body is to use a pledget of absorbent cotton dipped in your embalming fluid and forced into all the orifices, following this up with a pledget of dry absorbent cotton.
One of them is plugged with a pledget of cotton, into the second is dropped a fly from the laboratory and into the third is dropped a fly which has been caught feeding upon garbage or other filth.
Others have used effectively a pledgetof cotton soaked in chloroform.
Sichel, the Penicillum consisted of a pledget or folds of charpie, which the ancient oculists used both for the purpose of cleansing the eyes, and of introducing into them soothing washes and collyria.
A pledgetof tow, saturated with tar and sprinkled with powdered sulphate of copper, should be inserted between the claws.
The wound is then covered up with a pledget of lint, kept in its place by three or four threads passed through the stitches, and the operation is complete.
In the nose, a spray over the site of incision or a pledget of cotton saturated with the anesthetic solution and allowed to rest in contact with that locality, will suffice.
Peroxide of hydrogen on a pledget of cotton, placed over the bleeding area, may effect a clot formation.
When the major gave us the colonel's horizontal salutation to the company assembled, Pledget took it all in earnest, and bowed in return.
In this incision is to be put a dossil or pledget of tow, dipped in the matter of a boil full ripe, opened in the back of a young calf recovering from the distemper.
Defn: A small rag or pledget introduced into the hole in the cranium made by a trephine.
Oleum Mercurii laid on a Pledget or Bolster, is very efficacious to open Skankers, and consume their Flesh.
A pledget soaked in the mixture is inserted between the middle turbinal and the septum, and pushed backwards until it reaches the anterior wall of the sinus.
To prevent injury to the walls of the meatus and to the tympanic membrane, the pledget is held between the blades of the forceps in such a fashion that it partially projects beyond its points (Fig.
One pledget of cotton-wool, soaked in cocaine and adrenalin, is carefully tucked under the inferior turbinal on the affected side, and another is applied to the septum.
With a pipette, or a pledget of cotton-wool, a few drops of adrenalin can be trickled into the nostril and allowed to run backward.
Finally, a pledgetof cotton-wool soaked in a 20% solution of cocaine is pushed into the tympanic cavity.
If a perforation of the upper posterior quadrant be present, a small pledget of cotton-wool soaked in a 20% solution of cocaine is brought into contact with the inner wall of the tympanic cavity.
If this fails, a pledget of cotton-wool is dipped in peroxide of hydrogen solution (10 vols.
The ear is cleansed and dried, and the part rendered insensitive by the previous application of a pledget of cotton-wool soaked in cocaine solution.
If this takes place, the catheter should be withdrawn and the part anæsthetized by means of cocaine and eucaine solution, which is best applied locally on a pledget of wool at the end of a probe.
Pain due to the introduction of the canula may be greatly minimized by previously inserting within the margins of the perforation either a pledget of cotton-wool soaked in a saturated solution of cocaine, or a crystal of cocaine.
In the lower angle of the wound a pledget of lint for drainage purposes was inlaid.
After the operation a pledget of cotton dipped in the green ointment described by Rhazes should be placed in the nose.
This pledget should have a string fastened to it, hanging from the nose in order that it may be easily removed.
Pledget also rose, as if to lead the way, but again lapsed into forgetfulness.
For a few days, sedulously and most kindly tended by Gingham, who managed him admirably, and evinced equal tact and delicacy, Pledget continued in a state of alternate depression and excitement, with occasional hallucinations.
Pledget now looked like a man that can't remember what's next.
Presently, Pledget edged up alongside of me, as though he had something important to communicate.
We were conducted by Pledget into a large room on the first floor, filled, like the others, with every form of suffering.
Pledget appeared bewildered, and stood with us in the passage a few moments, without speaking.
Pledget gave instant directions for the accommodation of the wounded man, and informed me, in reply to my inquiries for Cousin Tom, that he had an officer under his care, answering to my description.
Within a week Pledget was almost himself again; and long before he quitted Toulouse, to embark for England at Bordeaux, he was fully and permanently restored.
The next morning we returned to the chateau, for the purpose of bringing in Pledget and Cousin Tom.
For bleeding from the nose, place a pledget of cotton in each nostril, lay the patient on his face, and pour cold water over the back of the neck.
If the tooth has a cavity (as it probably has), a small crystal of cocaine dropped dry into the cavity and covered with a little pledget of cotton will give immediate relief.
But when it may be effected by other Means, let a Pledget spread with the Ointment, No.
Ulcer; and this Pledget be covered again with a Compress of several Folds, moistened in the Liquid, No.
A small rag or pledgetintroduced into the hole in the cranium made by a trephine.
A small ovoid or cylindrical roil or pledgetof lint, for keeping a sore, wound, etc.
Having made the incision, the wound should be wiped free from blood by means of a pledget of cotton-wool previously soaked in a carbolic acid solution and squeezed dry.
After discharge of the pus, the cavity remaining should be mopped out with an antiseptic solution, and a pledget of antiseptic tow or other material left in position.
Over each wound is placed a pledget of antiseptic cotton-wool or tow, and the whole lightly covered with a bandage soaked in an antiseptic solution.
The parts are then washed in a perchloride of mercury solution, covered with a mixture of powdered iodoform and boracic acid, over which a pledget of carbolized tow is placed, and then a bandage over the whole.
A pledget of tow is placed on the plasters to absorb the discharge, and the bandage is brought over dressings, and continued for some way upward.
It is at first dressed merely with a pledget saturated with tepid water, afterwards some stimulating lotion may be gradually added.
A pledget of lint or linen, previously moistened with tincture of myrrh, should then be bound on with a bandage forming a figure 8 around the joint.
The operation effected, we cover up the wound with a pledget of lint, kept in its place by three or four threads passed through the stitches, and all is completed.
Capsicum, kept momentarily cognisant of the progress of Pledget's plot, by the treachery of those to whom it was confided, was prepared to humour the joke, whenever Pledget commenced operations.
The best thing was, that Pledget himself caught the infection at last, and began to laugh.
Mr Capsicum," said the Colonel, "have the kindness to fill Mr Pledget a bumper.
Here Pledget took out his tablets, and made a note.
Pledget turned a little pale, and drew up; said something that seemed to stick in his throat, about "lions roaring, and asses braying.
After the operation, a pledget of cotton dipped in the green ointment described by Rhazes should be placed in the nose.
This pledget should have a string fastened to it, hanging from the nose, in order that it may be easily removed.
Tarnier advises dressing the vulva, so soon as the head begins to emerge, with a pledget soaked in carbolized oil (1:10).
If the liquid caustics are employed, they may be introduced into the depth of the wound by means of a pipette, a piece of porous wood, or a pledget of tow.
