[Difficulties and errors in the treatment of infected wounds]

Errors resulting in delayed healing of wounds (266 observations) can be divided into 2 groups: inexpedient drainage of the purulent wounds and irrational local application (on the wound) of drugs. The latter was found to consist in the use of drugs without the phase of the inflammatory process taken into consideration and in the continuous application of one and the same drug. The resulting drug allergy prevented the wound healing.