... Identification of Bacteria and the Use of Antibiotics A further aspect of the history of wound healing took place in parallel to that of the use of antiseptics, identification of bacteria and the development ... as the patient’s general and nutritional condition, the etiology of the wound, and the presence of local infection It is also determined by the geometric shape of the healing wound In round wounds, ... Lancet 19 92; 340 : 22 3 22 5 The Asu (Mesopotamia) In: Majno G: The Healing Hand Man and Wound in the Ancient World, 2nd edn Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press 1975; pp 29 –67 The Swnw...