Dissolving Sponge for Surgery
Rec. noon). NEW YORK, April 22. In the future if a doctor after an operation leaves a gauze sponge in the patient he need not be alarmed, because the sponge will dissolve and disappear without trace. Presbyterian Hospital doctors after much experimentation have developed a new type of gauze from oxidised cellulose. They have used it in 500 operations of all types, ranging from nose bleedings to kidney operations. It has been used in tooth sockets and livers. It has been placed on the brain and in every part of the body. The new gauze is absorbed in the tissue and excreted through the kidneys.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 23 April 1946, Page 7
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