Mikulicz's drain is a name used for a procedure used in emergency medicine to control bleeding.
Today, it is primarily used in post-operative surgery as a last resort when all other methods to control bleeding fail.
[1] Pressure is thus induced while the capillary action of the improvised gauze-sac secures drainage.
[citation needed] It was developed by Polish surgeon Jan Mikulicz-Radecki (1850-1905) as a means to drain the abdominal cavity after an operation.
In the past, the gauze was treated with iodoform as an antiseptic.