. Nursing in diseases of the eye, ear, nose, and throat . Fig. .r>4.—Dressing-tray for mastoid and radical cases. and the small solution bottles containing nitrate of silversolution (50 per cent.), sterile cocain (10 per cent.),collodion, balsam of Peru, 2 and 5 per cent. dichloramin-T,and any other solutions especially required, should beplaced. Larger bottles of peroxid and alcohol, with twomedicine-glasses in which to pour them, should also besupplied. The gauze packing, both iodoform and plain, andbalsam of Peru, should be of the softest, most absorbent DISEASES OF THE MIDDLE EAR 227 ga
. Nursing in diseases of the eye, ear, nose, and throat . Fig. .r>4.—Dressing-tray for mastoid and radical cases. and the small solution bottles containing nitrate of silversolution (50 per cent.), sterile cocain (10 per cent.),collodion, balsam of Peru, 2 and 5 per cent. dichloramin-T,and any other solutions especially required, should beplaced. Larger bottles of peroxid and alcohol, with twomedicine-glasses in which to pour them, should also besupplied. The gauze packing, both iodoform and plain, andbalsam of Peru, should be of the softest, most absorbent DISEASES OF THE MIDDLE EAR 227 gauze with infolded edges \ inch wide, kept in tubes 6inches long. Larger tubes than these are unnecessaryfor most dressings, and gauze left in a tube should not beused at a future time without being resterilized. Thisis important, as old tubes of gauze, left with their cottonstoppers pushed down in them and their necks entirelyexposed to contamination, is a most common and flag-. Fig. 55.—Method of applying bandage to mastoid dressing. rant example of faulty technic. Two jars of absorbentcotton wipes, moistened in an antiseptic solution, arenecessary for those who dress their cases without touch-ing the wound or dressings with their fingers; one of large,1 inch or more square, for holding the auricle, and theother of those \ inch square, to be used with the forcepsfor wiping the wound. Toothpick swabs and sterilecotton or cotton balls should be kept in small packages 228 EYE, EAR, NOSE, AND THROAT NURSING rather than in jars, as they are then loss liable to con-tamination. The dressings should be in individualpackages, wrapped in muslin and sterilized. Eachpackage should contain the usual thickness of absorbentcotton 6 inches square; two or more large handkerchiefsof shaken gauze, and a semilunar patch of folded gauze
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