A nurse's handbook of obstetrics . OPHTHALMIA NEONATORUM. 339 These cases always require two nurses. The feeding, bath-ing, proper disinfection of discharges and linen, preparation ofdressings, treatments, etc., demand the utmost care in technic,and the care of the mother becomes a grave matter to preventfurther infection. They require strict isolation, if an epidemic is to be averted,in a home, institution, or hospital, and the responsibility for. Fig. 166.—Thumb forceps. spreading infection rests most often with the nurse. The dis-ease may last for weeks or may be of a less virulent type. Op
A nurse's handbook of obstetrics . OPHTHALMIA NEONATORUM. 339 These cases always require two nurses. The feeding, bath-ing, proper disinfection of discharges and linen, preparation ofdressings, treatments, etc., demand the utmost care in technic,and the care of the mother becomes a grave matter to preventfurther infection. They require strict isolation, if an epidemic is to be averted,in a home, institution, or hospital, and the responsibility for. Fig. 166.—Thumb forceps. spreading infection rests most often with the nurse. The dis-ease may last for weeks or may be of a less virulent type. Ophthalmia neonatorum is a serious condition which mayresult in total blindness, but if suitable treatment is adopted atthe very outset of the disease and intelligently carried out thesight can usually be saved. The entire treatment is, of course,under the direct supervision of the physician, and in severe caseshe will often deem it best to call an oculist in consultation. A NURSES HANDBOOK OF OBSTETRICS. Icterus neonatorum (jaundice of the new-born) is afairly common condition of somewhat uncertain origin, but be-lieved by many to be due to infection of the umbilicus. Itoften appears in its milder forms among strong, healthy infants,the yellow color of the skin showing first on the second or thirdday and increasing in intensity until the ninth or tenth, whenit begins to disappear. No treatment is required unless the in-fant shows symptoms
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