. Nursing in abdominal surgery and diseases of women. se of reducing tem-perature after the ice has The nurse will need to have ice close at hand method for cracking for the purpose. A block wrapped in flannel andkept in a covered vessel in a cool part of the room,or in the adjoining hall, will enable her to keep upthis application without much difficulty. With alarge steel pin and with the piece of ice wrapped ina cloth the nurse may noiselessly break off thepieces required for filling the cap. The pin pressedfirmly into the ice will cause it to separate intopieces, which can
. Nursing in abdominal surgery and diseases of women. se of reducing tem-perature after the ice has The nurse will need to have ice close at hand method for cracking for the purpose. A block wrapped in flannel andkept in a covered vessel in a cool part of the room,or in the adjoining hall, will enable her to keep upthis application without much difficulty. With alarge steel pin and with the piece of ice wrapped ina cloth the nurse may noiselessly break off thepieces required for filling the cap. The pin pressedfirmly into the ice will cause it to separate intopieces, which can similarly be broken into smallerpieces if desired. When the rubber ice-bag cannotbe had, a pigs bladder, obtained at a drug store forten cents, serves the purpose very well, although itis more perishable. Leiters Pliable metal coils, through which cold water may be made to circulate continuously, are some- ice tubes. MANAGEMENT OF COMPLICATIONS. 149 times used for reduction of temperature. Theseare called Letters tubes. They may be adapted Fig. Leiters Tube Cap. for application to various parts of the body. Thecoils forming a cap are used for application to thehead. 150 DISEASES OF WOMEN. Method ofapplicationof ice-cap. Leiterstempera-ture regu-lator. Water-coilsof rubber. A broad tape fastened under the chin holds thecap to the head. A reservoir containing the ice-water is placed above the level of the patientshead and is connected by a piece of rubber tubingwith the coils. A similar tube connected with theother end of the coils is placed in a receiving vesselon the floor. A slight suction made on the lowertube either by the mouth or by means of a barreland piston syringe, establishes, the siphon the lower vessel is nearly full the positionof the two vessels may be reversed. This continu-ous flow of water through the spiral cap may bekept up any length of time required. The waterin the supply vessel should contain ice. Some surgeons use by preference Leiters
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