. An American text-book of obstetrics. For practitioners and students. Fig. 445.—Interior view of the Auvard incubator (Fig. 444). 864 AMERICAN TEXT-BOOK OF OBSTETRICS. for the collection of feces and urine. The incubator is then filled with cotton-wool or cotton batting, the child, with the exception of its head, being com-pletely covered. Ifnecessary, an ad-ditional shawl orblanket may bethrown over the in-cubator, care beingtaken that none ofthe weight be borneby the infant. Athermometer shouldbe put alongside thechild, and the tem-perature should bebetween 87°and 92° F. The. Fig. 446.—Modi
. An American text-book of obstetrics. For practitioners and students. Fig. 445.—Interior view of the Auvard incubator (Fig. 444). 864 AMERICAN TEXT-BOOK OF OBSTETRICS. for the collection of feces and urine. The incubator is then filled with cotton-wool or cotton batting, the child, with the exception of its head, being com-pletely covered. Ifnecessary, an ad-ditional shawl orblanket may bethrown over the in-cubator, care beingtaken that none ofthe weight be borneby the infant. Athermometer shouldbe put alongside thechild, and the tem-perature should bebetween 87°and 92° F. The. Fig. 446.—Modified Auvard incubator: a,glass plate of the movable lid 6,c, ventilating tube containing small rotary; fan; K, ventilating slide : M, kepthot-water cans ; O, slide closing hot-air chamber. air of the room in which the incubator is to remain should be kept pure andat a uniform temperature of about 71° F. Constant attention by day and bynight is essential to the properregulation of the temperatureof the incubator. The Prevention of Ex-haustion.—After the child isplaced in the incubator it shouldbe disturbed as little as pos-sible, as all movement, whetherpassive or active, requires onthe part of the infant more orless expenditure of vital this reason, and for theadditional reason that exposurewill rob it of body-heat, thechild should be bathed not oftenerthan once a day, and then with warm sweet oil, and this bath should be givenwith as little exposure and handling as possible. The absorbent padsarranged about the genitals shouldbe changed sufficiently often
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