Modern diagnosis and treatment of diseases of childern; a treatise on the medical and surgical diseases of infancy anf childhood . ometimes resorted to. Lavage.—Stomach washingin children is performed in thesame manner as in adults. Itsfield of usefulness, however, ismuch wider. It is invaluablein cases of acute simple andtoxic gastritis, cholera infan-tum, chronic indigestion anddifficult feeding. A funnel witha few feet of rubber tubing,to which a small soft-rubber catheter (No. 12 or 14) is joined by means of a glass cannula,is the best apparatus for stomach washing. About ten inchesof the
Modern diagnosis and treatment of diseases of childern; a treatise on the medical and surgical diseases of infancy anf childhood . ometimes resorted to. Lavage.—Stomach washingin children is performed in thesame manner as in adults. Itsfield of usefulness, however, ismuch wider. It is invaluablein cases of acute simple andtoxic gastritis, cholera infan-tum, chronic indigestion anddifficult feeding. A funnel witha few feet of rubber tubing,to which a small soft-rubber catheter (No. 12 or 14) is joined by means of a glass cannula,is the best apparatus for stomach washing. About ten inchesof the catheter should be passed beyond the lips. Thetemperature of the irrigating solution should be about 100° F.,or higher, if special indications arise. The quantity of solutionto be instilled varies with the capacity of the childs , pure boiled water answers all medicinal purposes,except in poisoning, in which instance antidotes may be em-ployed. In hyperacidity of the stomach bicarbonate of soda orlime-water may be added. Lavage is contraindicated in heartdisease and hemorrhagic diathesis. In Fig. 28.—Stomach Tube (ca-theter, rubber tube, glass con-nection, and funnel). To cleansestomach. Contra-indications. 108 PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF DISEASE. Irrigations.—The action of irrigations is chiefly mechanicalT°iKai TheV arC indisPensabIe in the treatment of divers affections ofcavities, the lining membranes of internal cavities. In chronic cystitis,for example, washing of the bladder by means of sterile or medi-cated (boric acid, silver nitrate) water will often rapidly effecta cure. Irrigations of the vagina are frequently employed in vulvo-vaginitis. A slow current of water should be employed, per-mitting the fluid to return without injury to the adjacent fountain syringe with a small, sterile, soft-rubber catheterattached, generally suffices for ordinary purposes. The water-bag should be suspended about two feet above the childs bo
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