. Nursing in abdominal surgery and diseases of women. attached to the lower part ofthis. A rubber bed-pan with inflated border andoutlet tubing, as shown in the cut, is employed,being placedon the edge of the bed upon a board,if the bed be yielding- It is well to protect the bed-ding beneath by means of a piece of rubber may be long enough to drape down over theedge of the bed and be spread out upon the floor,the waste bucket being placed on it. The patientlies with the bed-pan adjusted under her, a pillowplaced beneath her back to give it support. Thedouche-can filled with hot wate
. Nursing in abdominal surgery and diseases of women. attached to the lower part ofthis. A rubber bed-pan with inflated border andoutlet tubing, as shown in the cut, is employed,being placedon the edge of the bed upon a board,if the bed be yielding- It is well to protect the bed-ding beneath by means of a piece of rubber may be long enough to drape down over theedge of the bed and be spread out upon the floor,the waste bucket being placed on it. The patientlies with the bed-pan adjusted under her, a pillowplaced beneath her back to give it support. Thedouche-can filled with hot water, to which any13 194 DISEASES OF WOMEN. medicinal agent may be added, as directed by thephysician, is placed upon a high stand, or on astool or box placed on a table at the head of thepatients bed; the spigot being turned and the va-ginal nozzle attached to the tubing properly ad-justed, the water flows into the vagina and thenceinto the rubber pan. Overflow is prevented by thewater emptying into the waste bucket through the outlet tubing. Fig. Rubber Bed-pan. A form of syringe, which-enables the patient todo without a bed-pan, has recently been is known as the Gordon Utero-Vaginal Irriga-tor. The nozzle is adjusted near a bulb, which isintended to fit into the vaginal orifice, and thus ob-struct the return flow from the vulva. An outletof metal is connected with this bulb, and to it along piece of rubber tubing is attached, which com- GENERAL NURSING IN PELVIC DISEASES. I95 municates with a waste bucket. The patient lies,as before described, on the edge of the bed, withher limbs drawn up, a piece of rubber cloth beneathher hips. The reservoir containing the water to beused is placed at the head of the bed, elevated some Fig. 49.
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