A nurse's handbook of obstetrics . Fig. 131.—Sponge-holder. 250 A NURSES HANDBOOK OF OBSTETRICS. house, is best for this purpose. The carpet at the foot of theoperating-table is to be protected with many layers of old news-papers, over which a sheet should be securely tacked. A suitable place should be provided for hanging the irrigat-ing can, and if the operation is done at night this can usually beattached to the chandelier, which will be directly above the pa-tients buttocks. xAbundance of sterile water must be available,as a douche may be given. This may be of lysol, i per cent., orbichlor
A nurse's handbook of obstetrics . Fig. 131.—Sponge-holder. 250 A NURSES HANDBOOK OF OBSTETRICS. house, is best for this purpose. The carpet at the foot of theoperating-table is to be protected with many layers of old news-papers, over which a sheet should be securely tacked. A suitable place should be provided for hanging the irrigat-ing can, and if the operation is done at night this can usually beattached to the chandelier, which will be directly above the pa-tients buttocks. xAbundance of sterile water must be available,as a douche may be given. This may be of lysol, i per cent., orbichloride of mercury i : 3000, or alcohol one ounce, with tinc-ture of iodine two drachms to one quart of sterile water. Somesurgeons use a gauze sponge instead of the curette and swab theuterus with tincture of iodine instead of using the Fig. 122.—Two-way catheter. (Kelly.) If daylight is to be used, the windows must be protected sothat outsiders cannot see into the room, and yet the supply oflight must be curtailed as little as possible. If there are lacecurtains in the window they may be pinned securely together,or the windows may be covered with newspapers, white wrap-ping paper, or cheese-cloth. Another method is to cover theglass with whiting mixed with water to the consistency of athick paste, as it would be used for cleaning silver. There isno danger that this covering will fall off, and it scarcely inter-feres at all with the passage of light. The operating-table is tobe placed in such a position that the light will fall over theleft shoulder of the surgeon. In the daytime the back of theoperators chair should be towards the window, and at night the CURETTAGE. 251 patients buttocks should lie directly under the middle of thechandelier. A good nurse will never undertake to prepare fora delivery unless she has
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