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ALLAN D. WALLIS, M.D.; MARGARET J. DILWORTH, B.S.

J Am Med Assoc. 1942;120(8):583-587.

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One of the few aspects of the Orr treatment of osteomyelitis about which there is universal agreement is the unpleasantness of the odor which is apt to develop in the casts. Remarkably little attention seems to have been paid to the cause and prevention of this odor. It is our purpose herein to offer a hypothesis as to the cause and to suggest a simple method for the prevention.

REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE

Orr¹ states that "bad odor is always due to a complicating mixed infection." Trueta² notes that the odor is worse when the wound is inadequately drained. Aside from this, we have been able to find no speculation as to the cause.

Various remedies have been suggested. Key³ noted some decrease in the odor when using iodoform gauze soaked in balsam of Peru. McAleese⁴ used oil of cloves paste instead of petrolatum gauze. Attempts . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
PHILADELPHIA

From the Germantown Dispensary and Hospital, Orthopedic Service of Dr. B. F. Buzby, and the John D. McIlhenny Foundation of the Laboratory, Dr. F. B. Lynch Jr., Director.

Footnotes
Read before the Section on Orthopedic Surgery at the Ninety-Third Annual Session of the American Medical Association, Atlantic City, N. J., June 10, 1942.

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