A nurse's handbook of obstetrics, for use in training-schools . Fig. 65.—Square knot. The ligature should be tied with a square knot (Fig. 65),for the ordinary, or so-called Granny knot, will almost surelyslip, after a short time, no matter how tightly it may have beendrawn when it was applied. The characteristic feature of the square knot lies in the fact that both ends pass under thesame side of the loop, as shown in the figure, while in the Granny knot one end passes under and one over. If hemor-rhage occurs from the cord after it has been tied and the childdies or even is seriously weakene
A nurse's handbook of obstetrics, for use in training-schools . Fig. 65.—Square knot. The ligature should be tied with a square knot (Fig. 65),for the ordinary, or so-called Granny knot, will almost surelyslip, after a short time, no matter how tightly it may have beendrawn when it was applied. The characteristic feature of the square knot lies in the fact that both ends pass under thesame side of the loop, as shown in the figure, while in the Granny knot one end passes under and one over. If hemor-rhage occurs from the cord after it has been tied and the childdies or even is seriously weakened by loss of blood great blamewill attach to the nurse, and it will be an extremely difficult mat-ter for her to free herself from the stigma of either neglect orincompetency. Consequently, the nurse who intends to practise obstetricsshould make it a point to perfect herself in the method of tyinga square knot until she can do so instinctively, and so avoid thepossibility of any such accident as has been suggested. It willavail her nothing that the case was
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