TO CLEAN GLOVES.
Soak in cold water, then wash with green soap and hot water. Rinse and dry. If used in pus cases, boil 15 minutes before laying away.
TO STERILIZE SILK-WORM GUT
OR SILK THREAD.
Boil in sterile water 20 minutes and preserve in alcohol, 95 per cent., or first sterilize in steam sterilizer for 20 minutes, then boil in sterile water for 20 minutes and preserve in alcohol, 95 per cent.
TO STERILIZE HORSE-HAIR.
1. Wash thoroughly in green soap and water. Rinse several times. Soak in ether 24 hours. Boil in sterile water 20 minutes. Preserve in alcohol, 95 per cent.
2. Soak in bichlorid solution 1: 1000 for 6 hours. Then boil 3 minutes in sterile water. Place in alcohol, 50 per cent.
TO STERILIZE CATGUT
(FORMALDEHYD METHOD).
Immerse in formaldehyd sol., 5 per cent., for 24 hours. Wash by soaking in sterile water for 24 hours, which must be changed every hour. Then boil in sterile water and basins about 10 minutes, according to size of the catgut. Lift out carefully, and place on a sterile towel until all moisture is absorbed. Prepare table, hands, and person as for an operation. Cut in required lengths, from 14 to 25 inches. Coil smoothly, and preserve in glass jars (which have been previously boiled for 20 minutes) containing the following solution:
| Corrosive sublimate | 1 part; |
| Boiled glycerin, | 200 parts; |
| Alcohol, 95 per cent., | 1000 “ . |