On postoperative suppuration

Abstract

Wounds healing by primary tension after the so-called aseptic operations is so frequent nowadays that we already look at this process as obligatory and at the same time we begin to get used to the idea that we have already mastered the surgical prophylaxis completely. From time to time, however, it happens that these wounds become infected, sometimes very severely, sometimes, fortunately, rarely, it leads to a fatal outcome where we least expect it. These "mishaps in surgery" always leave an extremely grave, oppressive impression, and then we, trying to understand the causes of each case separately, get lost in speculation, painfully, scrupulously search for possible sources of suppuration, and we very rarely manage to find the real cause of the latter.

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