A handbook of obstetrical nursing for nurses, students, and mothers . of the cou- couveuse. veuse) or brooder, has simplified the mattervery much. It was first used in some of the Frenchlying-in hospitals in 1881. Since then it has comeinto quite general use in France, being employedeven in private houses. Many different forms ofthe apparatus now exist. Theone most commonlyused in France is Tarniers invention. This hasbeen used for some time with great satisfaction inthe Womans Hospital, of Philadelphia. * The French claim that by means of gavage and the couveuse,or hatching-cradle, the actual
A handbook of obstetrical nursing for nurses, students, and mothers . of the cou- couveuse. veuse) or brooder, has simplified the mattervery much. It was first used in some of the Frenchlying-in hospitals in 1881. Since then it has comeinto quite general use in France, being employedeven in private houses. Many different forms ofthe apparatus now exist. Theone most commonlyused in France is Tarniers invention. This hasbeen used for some time with great satisfaction inthe Womans Hospital, of Philadelphia. * The French claim that by means of gavage and the couveuse,or hatching-cradle, the actual period of viability has approached sixmonths of intra-uterine life. THE AILMENTS OF EARLY INFANCY. 223 It consists of a wooden box, whose interior isdivided into an upper and lower is a space about four inches wide at one endof the upper compartment which communicateswith the floor below. Here two or three largesponges on a wire stem are placed. The lid of thebox at the. opposite end contains a chimney, inwhich a helix rests on a pivot. Fig. 34-. Tarniers Couveuse. The upper compartment of the box is intendedfor the baby; in the lower end are several stone jars,which are to be kept filled with very hot water. Atthe end of the box furthest away from the openspace which communicates with the chamber above,a register is fixed, which may be opened or closedat will. The air enters through the register, is 224 OBSTETRICAL NURSING. heated by passing over the hot stone jars, moistenedby the wet sponges in the space between the upperand lower chambers, and finds its exit from thechimney, in which it keeps the little wheel revolv-ing. The motion of this wheel indicates whetherthe circulation of air within the couveuse is perfector not. A thermometer fastened to one side of theinterior of the box assists in the regulation of thetemperature, which should be kept at from 85° to950 Fahr., according to the indications in eachcase. A frame containing a pane of glass formsth
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