The practice of obstetrics, designed for the use of students and practitioners of medicine . Fig 1069.—Induction of Abortion by the Introductiox of Sterile Gauze into theUterus with a Cannula Packer. Tamponade of the Uterine Cavity.—This method acts in the same way ascatheterization of the uterus, but affords a greater source of irritation and isvery likely to prove effective. The cervix is dilated if necessar3% and then, bymeans of a uterine packer, a tube through whose lumen a strip of gauze ispushed by a carrier (see Fig. 1068), a quantit}^ of sterile gauze is forced between 894 OBSTETRIC S
The practice of obstetrics, designed for the use of students and practitioners of medicine . Fig 1069.—Induction of Abortion by the Introductiox of Sterile Gauze into theUterus with a Cannula Packer. Tamponade of the Uterine Cavity.—This method acts in the same way ascatheterization of the uterus, but affords a greater source of irritation and isvery likely to prove effective. The cervix is dilated if necessar3% and then, bymeans of a uterine packer, a tube through whose lumen a strip of gauze ispushed by a carrier (see Fig. 1068), a quantit}^ of sterile gauze is forced between 894 OBSTETRIC SURGERY. the membranes and the uterine walls (Fig. 1069). The membranes separate with-out rupture, as the pressure exerted upon them by the mass of gauze is dis-tributed over a considerable area. Unlike the bougie, the gauze cannot beintroduced up to the fundus. Hydrostatic Bags of de Ribes.—An excellent method for the induction ofboth abortion and premature labor is the introduction into the lower portionof the uterus of a Champetier de Ribes bag, or, better, one of its numerousmod
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