The surgical assistant, a manual for students, practitioners, hospital internes and nurses . bout a twistedsheet arranged in a horseshoe; the lower end drains overthe end of the table into the slop-pail. The drainage is bettermaintained by pinning together in front the two lower cor-ners of the sheeting, thus forming a funnel. (The samedevice may be employed laterally upon the table for otheroperations. Used for drainage, it will be found economicalto purchase sheeting coated with rubber on both sides andtherefore easy to free of blood-stains.) At the foot of thetable are placed two chairs—one
The surgical assistant, a manual for students, practitioners, hospital internes and nurses . bout a twistedsheet arranged in a horseshoe; the lower end drains overthe end of the table into the slop-pail. The drainage is bettermaintained by pinning together in front the two lower cor-ners of the sheeting, thus forming a funnel. (The samedevice may be employed laterally upon the table for otheroperations. Used for drainage, it will be found economicalto purchase sheeting coated with rubber on both sides andtherefore easy to free of blood-stains.) At the foot of thetable are placed two chairs—one for the operator on the left,the other for the assistant on the right. The hand basins andinstrument table are placed nearby. A twisted sheet laidon the operating table in the manner illustrated, to be passed Preparation of an Operating Room. 61 from behind the patient, over one of the shoulders and tiedat the knees, makes an excellent leg-holder. It may be sup-plemented by a piece of broomstick, two feet long, padded,to be bandaged at each end to the legs to maintain Fig. 14. Table arranged for operation in lithotomy position. One large table or bureau may be used for instruments,dressings, sponge basins, etc., but it is better, if a nurseor second assistant is at hand, to place one (or two) tablesfor the instruments and sterilized dressings on the side atwhich the assistant is to stand, and another table for spongebasins, towels, etc., on the side of the operator. The nursedetailed to the care of the sponges is then able to relievethe operator in the manipulation of retractors, etc. If theassistant is not fairly familiar with the technics of the opera-tion or those of the individual surgeon, it may be well toplace the instrument table where the operator can help him-self to what he wants. For this purpose an invalids feed-ing table projecting over the patients body is very con-venient for holding the instruments in immediate use. These 62 The Surgical Ass
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