Plate II illustrating in color the effects of phenol gangrene on the finger with description underneath the plate as follows:
Appearance of a finger four weeks after the application for twenty-four hours of a dilute solution of phenol. The finger was wrapped in cloths which were saturated with the carbolic solution not stronger than five per cent. Amputation necessary. Inflammatory process at the base of the finger shown by the reddened tissues. (Harrington's case.)
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Hare, H.A. (Hobart Armory). “Plate II: Phenol Gangrene.” A Text-Book of Practical Therapeutics, with Especial Reference to the Application of Remedial Measures to Disease and Their Employment upon a Rational Basis, 1909. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/nv935360n.
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