A nurse's handbook of obstetrics, for use in training-schools . 148.—Improvised turban of gauze and cotton for premature infant. Fig. 149.—Improvised cotton jacket, blanket, and turban. Small full-term infantdressedfor purposes of illustration only. Compare Fig. 154. 19 290 A NURSES HANDBOOK OF OBSTETRICS. the body and arms, and caught lightly but quickly withneedle and thread (Fig. 149). The babys feet may be encasedin moccasins or bootees of flannel or knitted material, and theskirt of the jacket must be folded very lightly, so that it will notin the slightest degree interfere with the free
A nurse's handbook of obstetrics, for use in training-schools . 148.—Improvised turban of gauze and cotton for premature infant. Fig. 149.—Improvised cotton jacket, blanket, and turban. Small full-term infantdressedfor purposes of illustration only. Compare Fig. 154. 19 290 A NURSES HANDBOOK OF OBSTETRICS. the body and arms, and caught lightly but quickly withneedle and thread (Fig. 149). The babys feet may be encasedin moccasins or bootees of flannel or knitted material, and theskirt of the jacket must be folded very lightly, so that it will notin the slightest degree interfere with the free movement of itslegs. Its head must be protected from cold by means of an im-provised hood or turban (Fig. 148), made of a square piece ofgauze folded over a triangular piece of cotton and applied asshown in Fig. 149. If the child weighs four and a half pounds or more, it needonly be dressed in the cotton jacket described above and placedin a basket or box (a bureau drawer will answer in an emer-gency) and surrounded with hot-water bottles (Fig. 150). Care. Fig. 150.—Infant premature at twenty-eighth week. Birth-weight, two pounds six anaone-half ounces. Age, fourteen weeks. Treated in basket heated by hot-water of air in basket shown by thermometer introduced between the side of thebasket and the blanket. (Rotch.) must be taken that the bottles are not too hot or laid too nearthe infant, for a burn can easily occur in cases of such lowvitality. The basket or box containing the infant is to be placed in aquiet corner of the room, shielded from the light, and novisitors of any kind can be allowed to see the child, for anysuch disturbance and excitement is sure to be detrimental. THE INCUBATOR. 291 If the baby weighs less than four and a half pounds, anincut ator should be purchased or rented and the child, dressedas above, placed in it at the earliest possible moment. The principle of all incubators is the same, the only differ-ence being in the construc
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