The surgical assistant, a manual for students, practitioners, hospital internes and nurses . creased* Concealed progressive! Often present, , cough ;localized pain or ten-derness; abdominal dis-tention; vomiting; hema-temesis; hematuria; etc. Active Often great Very marked—especially ofmucous membranes; pro-gressive Usually absent Marked and increasing air-hunger More and more rapid andweak Transitory Often markedly inalDecreased] [Specific gravity ofthe blood Treatment of Shock. The pillow is removed from beneaththe patients head, and the foot of the bed is elevated byme
The surgical assistant, a manual for students, practitioners, hospital internes and nurses . creased* Concealed progressive! Often present, , cough ;localized pain or ten-derness; abdominal dis-tention; vomiting; hema-temesis; hematuria; etc. Active Often great Very marked—especially ofmucous membranes; pro-gressive Usually absent Marked and increasing air-hunger More and more rapid andweak Transitory Often markedly inalDecreased] [Specific gravity ofthe blood Treatment of Shock. The pillow is removed from beneaththe patients head, and the foot of the bed is elevated bymeans of bricks, boxes, etc., or upon a chair in the mannerillustrated in figure 56. The patient is wrapped in blanketswarmed in an oven, and surrounded with hot water may be applied to the extremities. To raise the V^le—Medical Record, August 27, 1904. 152 The Surgical Assistant. general blood-pressure, the limbs may be bandaged tightly,beginning at the digits; and this compression may also beapplied to the abdomen, taking care, however, not to em-barrass Fig. 56. Elevating the foot of a bed with a chair. Note flat pillow, towel,draw-sheet. The judicious employment of stimulants cannot be taughtin a text-book but must be learned at the bedside. The in-experienced assistant is apt to use them too freely, which,however, is a less serious fault than using them too little. Strychnin (gr. 1-30 injected hypodermatically, and re-peated in an hour, if need be), may be all that is remedies may be required, however, and of these themost serviceable are whiskey (TT^xxx hypodermatically, andrepeated at intervals of fifteen minutes to three hours), digi-talis (nix of the tincture, TlXiii of the fluid extract, or gr. 1-60of digitalin*), adrenalin (TTtx of 3^0per cent, solution ad-renalin chlorid every two hours), caffein (gr. ii of the sodio-salicylate or the sodio-benzoate),ether (Tllxxx) and camphor(gr. i dissolved in olive oil or oil of sw
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