Minor surgical gynecology : a manual of uterine diagnosis and the lesser technicalities of gynecological practice : for the use of the advanced student and general practitioner . the medicinal agent in contact withthe cervix alone, or to place it against the vaginal walls, the tampon is dif-ferently shaped and constructed. When a tampon is to be merely soakedin glycerine, or some glycerole (as of tannin or iodoform), or a dry pow-der is to be placed against the cervix, the tampon is made as shown inFig. 121, the cotton being flattened into a disk about two inches in diame-ter and one-sixth of
Minor surgical gynecology : a manual of uterine diagnosis and the lesser technicalities of gynecological practice : for the use of the advanced student and general practitioner . the medicinal agent in contact withthe cervix alone, or to place it against the vaginal walls, the tampon is dif-ferently shaped and constructed. When a tampon is to be merely soakedin glycerine, or some glycerole (as of tannin or iodoform), or a dry pow-der is to be placed against the cervix, the tampon is made as shown inFig. 121, the cotton being flattened into a disk about two inches in diame-ter and one-sixth of an inch thick, with a string loosely tied about its middleso as to constrict it but slightly. But, if a patient wearing one of these disk-tampons is to move about, it will generally be advisable to support thistampon by another of a conical shape, especially if the disk be soaked in afluid liable to escape from the vagina and stain the linen. The conical tam-pon is made by rolling a handful of cotton-wool tightly together to therequired size and shape, and tying a stout twine firmly around its is always convenient and time-saving to prepare these tampons in bulk.
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