A nurse's handbook of obstetrics . Thomass large dull wire 120.— Fig. 131.—Sponge-holder. 250 A NURSES HANDBOOK OF OBSTETRICS. house, is best for this purpose. The carpet at the foot of theoperating-table is to be protected with many layers of old news-papers, over which a sheet should be securely tacked. A suitable place should be provided for hanging the irrigat-ing can, and if the operation is done at night this can usually beattached to the chandelier, which will be directly above the pa-tients buttocks. xAbundance of sterile water must be available,as a douche may b
A nurse's handbook of obstetrics . Thomass large dull wire 120.— Fig. 131.—Sponge-holder. 250 A NURSES HANDBOOK OF OBSTETRICS. house, is best for this purpose. The carpet at the foot of theoperating-table is to be protected with many layers of old news-papers, over which a sheet should be securely tacked. A suitable place should be provided for hanging the irrigat-ing can, and if the operation is done at night this can usually beattached to the chandelier, which will be directly above the pa-tients buttocks. xAbundance of sterile water must be available,as a douche may be given. This may be of lysol, i per cent., orbichloride of mercury i : 3000, or alcohol one ounce, with tinc-ture of iodine two drachms to one quart of sterile water. Somesurgeons use a gauze sponge instead of the curette and swab theuterus with tincture of iodine instead of using the douche.
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