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The Cure of Rupture by Paraffin Injections

Chapter 10: Soap solution.
By Charles Conrad Miller
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The text presents a practical method for treating hernia by injecting paraffin, explaining the physiological rationale, advantages over open surgery—no general anesthesia, office applicability, simplicity, lower risk of suppuration—and procedural steps including skin and hand antisepsis, syringe preparation, and experimental practice on animal carcasses. It advises careful technique to avoid overinjection, discusses removal options if treatment fails, and responds to professional criticism by emphasizing operator training and precautions. Practical recommendations for postoperative care and comparative benefits are provided throughout.

PREPARATION OF THE SKIN.

The hair over the pubes and the groin of the affected side should be cut rather close and then the parts scrubbed with a solution of green soap. A small amount of a forty per cent. solution of formaldehyde may be added to the soap solution as this agent is a very powerful antiseptic.

Soap solution.

Formaldehyde solution, one dram (40%).

Green soap, four ounces.

Dilute alcohol to make one pint.

The dilute alcohol is made up of equal parts of ninety-five per cent alcohol and water.

After the parts are thoroughly scrubbed with this solution the soap should be removed with moist compresses and then the parts mopped with a solution of seventy per cent alcohol. Finally the field of operation should be flooded with ether as this agent is an effective antiseptic and also acts as a solvent for any greasy matter not removed by the soap.