Prevention of the entrance of 'Air when removing Fluid from the
Pleurae, Peritoneum, and Cavities of Abscesses.
At a meeting of the Societe de Chirurgie of Paris, held on the 14th of
November, a letter was read from M. Raciborski, of which the Union
Medicale for November 17th gives tile following extract.
A wet, collapsed hog’s bladder is fixed to the outside of the canula
which is to be introduced. When the trocar has sufficiently entered the
cavity, the bladder must be supported by the left hand of the operator,
the right being used to withdraw the trocar, and so allow the fluid to
flow through the canula into the bladder. If the bladder be insufficient
to contain the whole of the fluid to be withdrawn, the flow has to be
stopped by pressing the side of the bladder against the outlet of the
canula, whilst an assistant punctures the bladder in a convenient part,
and thus evacuates its contents. By securing the opening by a ligature,
the bladder may be made to serve for the evacuation of the whole of
the fluid.