. Nursing in abdominal surgery and diseases of women. ng out the blood, and another basin with warmsterilized water for keeping them in until needed.* A chair or stool should be placed at the side ofthe table to aid the patient in stepping up. Thewindow should be screened from the outside gazeby a thin lace or muslin curtain, or a sheet ofnewspaper may be pinned across it. A wastebucket should stand under the table immediatelyin front of the operator. The operating pad maybe placed at the lower edge of the table so that itsflap rests over the waste bucket and thus conductsthe water used in irr
. Nursing in abdominal surgery and diseases of women. ng out the blood, and another basin with warmsterilized water for keeping them in until needed.* A chair or stool should be placed at the side ofthe table to aid the patient in stepping up. Thewindow should be screened from the outside gazeby a thin lace or muslin curtain, or a sheet ofnewspaper may be pinned across it. A wastebucket should stand under the table immediatelyin front of the operator. The operating pad maybe placed at the lower edge of the table so that itsflap rests over the waste bucket and thus conductsthe water used in irrigation, etc., into it. When the operator works without a pad it iswell to have a folded sheet so placed over the * When the operator attends to the sponging it is usually moreconvenient to have the sponges on the right. 218 DISEASES OF WOMEN. lower portion of the table as to extend from beneaththe patients hips over the lap of the serves to protect the operators clothing, thefloor at the foot of the table, etc., from soiling. Fig. Operating Pad. The bed. The bed for the reception of the patient afteroperation should be arranged beforehand. Itshould be so placed that access may be had to it PREPARATIONS FOR OPERATIONS. 219 on three sides. It should not face the light. Afirm mattress, as of hair, is the most should be taken to see that the bed is in everyway comfortable. A pad should protect the mat-tress, and a rubber protective should be so placedover this as to cover the portion of the bed, overwhich the parts operated upon shall rest. In pelvicoperations this will be the middle of the bed, in abreast operation the upper part of the bed. Asheet is spread over these, and a draw-sheet, that is,a sheet folded upon itself twice in its length, isfastened over the portion of the bed beneath whichthe protective has been placed. A heated soapstone or hot-water bag: should bewarming 1 ° the bed. placed, previous to the operation, between theupper and
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