A treatise on the science and practice of midwifery . e poison are worn off; and 3d, to treat any local complications thatmay arise. The Use of Antiseptic Injections.—The first is likely to be of greatimportance in cases of self-infection as fresh quantities of septic mat-ter may be, from time to time, absorbed. We, fortunately, are inpossession of a powerful means of preventing further absorption bythe application of antiseptics to the interior of the uterus, and to thecanal of the vagina. This is especially valuable when the existenceof decomposing coagula, or other sources of septic matter,
A treatise on the science and practice of midwifery . e poison are worn off; and 3d, to treat any local complications thatmay arise. The Use of Antiseptic Injections.—The first is likely to be of greatimportance in cases of self-infection as fresh quantities of septic mat-ter may be, from time to time, absorbed. We, fortunately, are inpossession of a powerful means of preventing further absorption bythe application of antiseptics to the interior of the uterus, and to thecanal of the vagina. This is especially valuable when the existenceof decomposing coagula, or other sources of septic matter, is sus-pected in the uterine cavity, or when offensive discharges are is readily accomplished by washing out the uterinecavity, at least twice daily, by means of a Higginsons syringe witha long vaginal pipe The results are sometimes very re- 1 My colleague, Dr. Hayes, has invented a silver tube for the purpose of adminis-tering such intra-uterine injections (Fig. 182), which answers its purpose admirably. Fig. Hayess Tube for Intra-uterine Injections. The numerous apertures at its extremity allow of a number of minute streams of fluidbeing thrown out in the form of a spray over the interior of the uterus, the complete PUERPERAL SEPTICEMIA 589 107 « • tm- £ra eh ? t Jj: il i A 1 U I a ? t M I M • £ ; ; 1; l i ? i M [ 106 : \ :N l°5u o : : |: j : I u ,01* < loo90 ? : \ • j i M\\\ \\\\\ ill i 2 3J •V 1 5u l , . l« ?markable, the threatening symptoms rapidly disappearing, and the^temperature and pulse falling so soon after the use of the antiseptic?injections as to leave no doubt of thebeneficial effects of the cannot better illustrate the advan-tages of this treatment than by the^accompanying temperature chart,•which is from a case which camejunder my observation in the out-doorIpractice of Kings College Hospital,lit was that of a healthy woman,thirty-six years of age, who had aneasy and natural labor. Nothing
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