A handbook of obstetrical nursing for nurses, students, and mothersComprising the course of instruction in obstetrical nursing given to the pupils of the training school for nurses connected with the Woman's hospital of Philadelphia . ains to be said concerning feeding;- Nursing 0 ° bottles and bottles and rubber nipples. rubber ll nipples. The bottle should be of clear glass, with arounded bottom, of a shape convenient to clean,so that no particles may cling about corners whichcannot be reached, serving as a source of troubleafterward. The graduated bottle is very nice, as itenables the prepa
A handbook of obstetrical nursing for nurses, students, and mothersComprising the course of instruction in obstetrical nursing given to the pupils of the training school for nurses connected with the Woman's hospital of Philadelphia . ains to be said concerning feeding;- Nursing 0 ° bottles and bottles and rubber nipples. rubber ll nipples. The bottle should be of clear glass, with arounded bottom, of a shape convenient to clean,so that no particles may cling about corners whichcannot be reached, serving as a source of troubleafterward. The graduated bottle is very nice, as itenables the preparation of the feeding to be mixeddirectly in the bottle, instead of being first measuredout in a graduate. Feeding-bottles with India-rubber tubes are veryobjectionable, for the tubes are difficult to keepclean, and a drop or two of milk left behind willoften be sufficient to turn the next supply sour,causing the infant much sickness and are prone, also, with these tubes, to placethe baby in its crib with the bottle of milk by its 132 OBSTETRICAL NURSING. side and the nipple in its mouth. The heat of thechilds body tends to sour the milk, the liquid mayrun low, and the child suck in considerable air. Fig. Graduated Nursing Bottle (Dr. Louis Starr). The neck of the bottle should always be kept filledwith the liquid while the child is nursing, hencethe position of the bottle must be changed. A feed- CARE OF THE NEW-BORN INFANT. 133 ing-bottle fitted with a rubber nipple requires to beheld in the nurses hand during the feeding, and is,on that account, to be preferred. There shouldalways be two nursing-bottles for each baby, onebeing kept under water or filled with a soda solu-tion while the other is in use. Immediately afterthe meal the bottle should be cleaned, etc. Scald-ing water should be used, and then the bottle nursingg °ffilled or placed beneath a solution of bicarbonatebottleof sodium—ordinary baking soda—a teaspoonfulto the pint, until it is a
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