The practice of obstetrics, designed for the use of students and practitioners of medicine . Fig. 189.—Flattened End of an OrangeStick Used to Push Back the CuticleFROM THE Nail. Fig. 190.—Edge of a Towel Used forCleaning and Polishing the InnerSurface of the Finger-nail. water, particular attention being given to the spaces under and around thenails, which are to be kept short and smooth. About five minutes should beemployed in the scrubbing process, which is to be followed by some form ofchemical antiseptic treatment. Rubber Gloves.—I cannot too strongly urge the use of sterile rubber gloves
The practice of obstetrics, designed for the use of students and practitioners of medicine . Fig. 189.—Flattened End of an OrangeStick Used to Push Back the CuticleFROM THE Nail. Fig. 190.—Edge of a Towel Used forCleaning and Polishing the InnerSurface of the Finger-nail. water, particular attention being given to the spaces under and around thenails, which are to be kept short and smooth. About five minutes should beemployed in the scrubbing process, which is to be followed by some form ofchemical antiseptic treatment. Rubber Gloves.—I cannot too strongly urge the use of sterile rubber gloves,as a routine measure in confinementcases. No ordinary obstetrician,namely, the so-called general prac-titioner, and no physician, surgeonor obstetrician, who is at all doubtfulconcerning his personal asepsis, isjustified in attending women in con-finement without utilizing this simpleand effective precaution. Chemical Antiseptics. — Themost generally employed chemical antiseptics are carbolic acid and bichloride or biniodide of mercury. A verylarge number of other chemicals have
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