lint

This article describes the material used for wound care. The term lint , actually Sharpie , moreover, also referred to a class of boat .

Lint or lint ( lat. Carpere , pluck ',' pick ') was to the beginning of the 20th century in use wound dressing material , which consisted of fibers formed by teasing from cotton or linen fabrics were obtained. A special form was the Wieche , also known as the source chisel (from Middle High German meizel "chisel, charpie, Wieche"), which was used to keep wounds open.

Since the high infestation of germs in manual production makes the Scharpie unsuitable for treating wounds, it has been replaced by the development of cotton wool . Today, Scharpie is still sold in pet shops as nesting material for birds.

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Wiktionary: Scharpie  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

• Image of Scharpie as nesting material

Individual evidence

1. ↑ JF Henkel ”Instructions for surgical dressings, 1829
2. ↑ Jürgen Martin: The 'Ulmer Wundarznei'. Introduction - Text - Glossary on a monument to German specialist prose from the 15th century. Königshausen & Neumann, Würzburg 1991 (= Würzburg medical-historical research. Volume 52), ISBN 3-88479-801-4 (also medical dissertation Würzburg 1990), p. 150.