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Plasters : Types of Plasters

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Plasters are a kind of adhesive bandage made from bleached cotton fabrics. An adhesive compound is spread on one side …

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Standard Dressings

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This group of surgical dressings includes some standardized compound dressings described in the British Pharmaceutical Codex (BPC) and other official …

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Medical Lints

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Lints are medicated or unmedicated absorbent surgical dressings. They are made of plain wove absorbent cotton fabrics. The threads in …

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Surgical Dressings: Types of Surgical Dressings

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Surgical dressings is a general term applied to various fibrous materials used for scientific and hygienic management of wounds and …

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Bandages: Types of Bandages

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Bandages are continuous length of fabrics and contain no joints. Their edges are evenly cut, parallel to the warp threads. …

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Gauzes: Medicated Gauzes

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Gauzes are usually absorbent dressings principally made from cotton fabrics. They can be either medicated or unmedicated. Medicated gauzes and …

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Nylon – Uses, Botanical Source, Characters, and Chemical Constituents

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Source: Nylon is a synthetic fibre, chemically synthesised by polymerisation from long-chain adipic acid and hexamethylenediamine. The polycondensation product in …

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Silk – Uses, Botanical Source, Characters, and Chemical Constituents

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Biological source: Silk consists of a fibre prepared from the filaments of the cocoons spun by the larvae of Bombyx …

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