Plasters : Types of Plasters
Plasters are a kind of adhesive bandage made from bleached cotton fabrics. An adhesive compound is spread on one side …
Fibres and Surgical Dressings
Standard Dressings
This group of surgical dressings includes some standardized compound dressings described in the British Pharmaceutical Codex (BPC) and other official …
Medical Lints
Lints are medicated or unmedicated absorbent surgical dressings. They are made of plain wove absorbent cotton fabrics. The threads in …
Surgical Dressings: Types of Surgical Dressings
Surgical dressings is a general term applied to various fibrous materials used for scientific and hygienic management of wounds and …
Bandages: Types of Bandages
Bandages are continuous length of fabrics and contain no joints. Their edges are evenly cut, parallel to the warp threads. …
Gauzes: Medicated Gauzes
Gauzes are usually absorbent dressings principally made from cotton fabrics. They can be either medicated or unmedicated. Medicated gauzes and …
Nylon – Uses, Botanical Source, Characters, and Chemical Constituents
Source: Nylon is a synthetic fibre, chemically synthesised by polymerisation from long-chain adipic acid and hexamethylenediamine. The polycondensation product in …
Silk – Uses, Botanical Source, Characters, and Chemical Constituents
Biological source: Silk consists of a fibre prepared from the filaments of the cocoons spun by the larvae of Bombyx …