The practice of obstetrics, designed for the use of students and practitioners of medicine . Fig. ioio.—Suspension of the As-phyxiated Newly Born Child byTHE Feet to Assist Gravity inFreeing the Air-passages of For-eign Matter. Fig. ioii.—Suspension of the AsphyxiatedNewly Born Child by the Feet, and Clear-ing the Posterior Pharynx of ForeignMatter with the Little Finger WrappedWITH Gauze. ficial respiration. Other authorities believe in the advisability of direct aspirationof the secretions by special devices or by an ordinary catheter. This last practiceI am accustomed to follow. The same ap
The practice of obstetrics, designed for the use of students and practitioners of medicine . Fig. ioio.—Suspension of the As-phyxiated Newly Born Child byTHE Feet to Assist Gravity inFreeing the Air-passages of For-eign Matter. Fig. ioii.—Suspension of the AsphyxiatedNewly Born Child by the Feet, and Clear-ing the Posterior Pharynx of ForeignMatter with the Little Finger WrappedWITH Gauze. ficial respiration. Other authorities believe in the advisability of direct aspirationof the secretions by special devices or by an ordinary catheter. This last practiceI am accustomed to follow. The same apparatus may be used to aspirate thelarynx and perform insufflation. All attempts, however, to enter the larynxshould be frowned upon. Practice upon the cadaver will readily impress onewith the barbarousness of such an attempt upon the newly bom child. Themost that can be accomplished by aspiration is the removal of mucus from thelower part of the pharynx. A No. 6 catheter may be made to answer, into themiddle of which I insert a pipette, so that its bulbous expansion catches the AFFE
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