. Nursing in diseases of the eye, ear, nose, and throat . Fig. 47.—Babies ear-cap. quently to prevent it from acting as a plug. Childrenshould wear tight-fitting caps of thin material (Fig. 47)to prevent them from removing the cotton and spread-ing the discharge with their fingers. In acute cases boric acid or sterile salt solution is prefer-able to bichlorid solution for irrigation, as it is less liableto cause sloughing of the edges of the incision, whichmight produce a permanent perforation in the acid crystals will be found more convenient than 208 EYE, EAR, NOSE, AND THROAT NUR
. Nursing in diseases of the eye, ear, nose, and throat . Fig. 47.—Babies ear-cap. quently to prevent it from acting as a plug. Childrenshould wear tight-fitting caps of thin material (Fig. 47)to prevent them from removing the cotton and spread-ing the discharge with their fingers. In acute cases boric acid or sterile salt solution is prefer-able to bichlorid solution for irrigation, as it is less liableto cause sloughing of the edges of the incision, whichmight produce a permanent perforation in the acid crystals will be found more convenient than 208 EYE, EAR, NOSE, AND THROAT NURSING the powder for making the solution, as they arc moresoluble, and do not, like the powder, float on thesurface. It is also important that the irrigation be at a tem-perature grateful to the patient (100° to 110° F.), asthe ear is sometimes so sensitive that a cold solution will. cause it to ache for hours and a sleepless night willfollow. The best apparatus for irrigating the ear at the bed-side is either a fountain syringe or an irrigator. Thisshould be hung at a height of 2 or 3 feet above the levelof the patients head. The flow is steady and gentle,can be easily controlled, and has not the painful featuresof bulb syringes, which squirt large air bubbles into DISEASES OF THE MIDDLE EAR 209 the canal, and cause loud explosions, which are mostdisagreeable to the patient (Fig. 48). An old syringe that has been used for other purposesshould never be employed when a new one can be pro-cured. Both the tube with the small tip and the bagshould be thoroughly cleaned and boiled before using.
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