. Nursing in abdominal surgery and diseases of women. Leg-holder. this position should be well drawn up from underthe hips and pushed above the operating-pad,which is then placed under her. The limbs, beingflexed, may be fixed in position by the leg-holder, as Leg hoIder-shown in the cut, or held by assistants. The leg- 228 DISEASES OF WOMEN. holder, being thrown around the patients neck, isfastened, just above the knee, to each limb. A sheet should be so draped over the person as tocover the limbs and protect the patient so far as pos-sible from unnecessary exposure. Some operatorsuse loose b
. Nursing in abdominal surgery and diseases of women. Leg-holder. this position should be well drawn up from underthe hips and pushed above the operating-pad,which is then placed under her. The limbs, beingflexed, may be fixed in position by the leg-holder, as Leg hoIder-shown in the cut, or held by assistants. The leg- 228 DISEASES OF WOMEN. holder, being thrown around the patients neck, isfastened, just above the knee, to each limb. A sheet should be so draped over the person as tocover the limbs and protect the patient so far as pos-sible from unnecessary exposure. Some operatorsuse loose bags of muslin, which have been previ-
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