. Nursing in abdominal surgery and diseases of women. rethral caruncle is another op-urethraleration very frequently performed. The caruncleis a small, sensitive tumor, sometimes of quite abright red color, which is found at the entrance tothe urethra. It causes pain and difficulty on uri-nation, hence should be removed. When suchgrowths cause no unpleasant symptoms, as isoccasionally the case, it is not necessary to disturbthem. The patient for this operation should be placed ^operain the lithotomy position, and the urine drawn offafter she has been etherized. The Paquelin thermo-cautery is f
. Nursing in abdominal surgery and diseases of women. rethral caruncle is another op-urethraleration very frequently performed. The caruncleis a small, sensitive tumor, sometimes of quite abright red color, which is found at the entrance tothe urethra. It causes pain and difficulty on uri-nation, hence should be removed. When suchgrowths cause no unpleasant symptoms, as isoccasionally the case, it is not necessary to disturbthem. The patient for this operation should be placed ^operain the lithotomy position, and the urine drawn offafter she has been etherized. The Paquelin thermo-cautery is frequently used ]^f°taffto sear the bleeding surface left by the removal of^trynsthe tumor. The nurse may be called upon to pre-pare the cautery and have it in readiness. Thefinest point being fitted to the handle, it should be 250 DISEASES OF WOMEN. allowed to rest over the flame of an alcohol lampuntil well heated. The rubber bulb at the end ofthe tube may then be compressed repeatedly andrather rapidly by the nurse until the point of the Fig. Thermo Cautery (Paquelins cautery becomes red hot. The vial containingbenzine—or benzol, a cruder product of the samekind—should be kept at a safe distance from thelamp and from the red-hot point, as the fluid isinflammable. The vial is usually provided with a SPECIAL GYNAECOLOGICAL NURSING. 25 I hook, by which it may be fastened to a button-holein the waist of the nurses dress. One hand is thenfree for compression of the bulb and the otherholds the cautery by its wooden handle. Whenthe point of the cautery is red hot it may be re-moved from the flame of the lamp and the heatkept up by compression of the bulb, which forcesthe vapor of the benzol into -contact with thelower portion of the cautery. When the pointseems to be getting cold rapid compression of thebulb will again heat it up. After the surgeon has finished with the use ofthe cautery it should be heated to a white heat byrapid compression of the bulb and the tubingpull
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