. The Canadian nurse . s are then filled withmilk and a third rectangular plate,which has also been covered with ablock of dry-ice, is placed on top and inabout two minutes a clicking noise isheard which indicates that the milk isfrozen. The frozen wafers are thentransferred to a sterile preserving jarby rneans of the sterile silver ounces are kept in each jar andthese jars are stored in special FrigidaireCabinets (built by General Motors) at atemperature of 15 degrees below reader will find the illustrationshelpful in explaining the nature of theapparatus as well as the
. The Canadian nurse . s are then filled withmilk and a third rectangular plate,which has also been covered with ablock of dry-ice, is placed on top and inabout two minutes a clicking noise isheard which indicates that the milk isfrozen. The frozen wafers are thentransferred to a sterile preserving jarby rneans of the sterile silver ounces are kept in each jar andthese jars are stored in special FrigidaireCabinets (built by General Motors) at atemperature of 15 degrees below reader will find the illustrationshelpful in explaining the nature of theapparatus as well as the actual proce-dure. In the first picture the nurse,wearing a mask, gown, and sterile thickcotton gloves, has just filled the depres-sions with milk by means of a the second picture, she is transferringthe frozen wafers to the cotton gloves are necessary toprotect the hands from the burnwhich would result from handling theextremely cold dry-ice. It has been proven that milk frozen JANUARY, 1939. Transferring Wafers to Sterile Jar in this manner undergoes verj^ littlechange in composition and can be keptindefinitely. Dr. Walter Eddy, of Co-lumbia University states that the vita-min content is not lost. Recently, wehad the pleasure of a visit from himself at which time he inspectedthe milkroom and gave us some valu-able advice. A sample of milk from each newclient, and samples of the pooled andfrozen milk are forwarded periodicallyto the Laboratory of the Eastern DairiesLtd. for bacteriological examination. Ifany specimen shows a high bacteriolog-ical count, the nurse scrutinizes the w^ayin which the woman is handling hermilk and another specimen is sent tothe laboratory; if the count still remainshigh she is dismissed and no more milkis bouo;ht from her. 18 THE CANADIAN NURSE We have collected data concerningall the premature infants who have beenborn in this hospital over a period offour years, and find that there is an ap-preciable drop in the
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