A nurse's handbook of obstetrics, for use in training-schools . y. —~J o 282 A NURSES HANDBOOK OF OBSTETRICS. After this has been accomplished, usually in about ten or twelvedays, the mother or other attendant should be instructed to re-peat the process two or three times a week for several months,or until the parts are entirely healed, to prevent the formationof new adhesions and to permit of the thorough cleansing of theglans and the removal of the curdy secretion called smegmawhich is formed in considerable amount. Adhesions between the prepuce and the glans penis are verycommon, and are a
A nurse's handbook of obstetrics, for use in training-schools . y. —~J o 282 A NURSES HANDBOOK OF OBSTETRICS. After this has been accomplished, usually in about ten or twelvedays, the mother or other attendant should be instructed to re-peat the process two or three times a week for several months,or until the parts are entirely healed, to prevent the formationof new adhesions and to permit of the thorough cleansing of theglans and the removal of the curdy secretion called smegmawhich is formed in considerable amount. Adhesions between the prepuce and the glans penis are verycommon, and are a frequent cause of many of the nervousdisorders of infancy and childhood. If the nurse has, , any difficulty in drawing back the prepuce she shouldconsult the physician, but after the glans has once been fullyexposed there will be no further trouble. Soap or soapy water should never be used for bathing thedenuded and delicate tissue of the glans penis, but the partsshould be cleansed and the smegma removed with warm saltsolution or a weak solution o
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