A handbook of obstetrical nursing for nurses, students, and mothers . re necessary. Suf-ficient night-dresses and vests should be providedto make it possible for the clothing to be changedevery day. Abdominal Two or three abdominal bandages, also, should bandages. . ^ _ ., . be provided, either fitted to the patients person orstraight. If fitted, the bandages should be pre-pared when the patient is about six months preg-nant, to be the right size after delivery. Thebandages should extend from the pubic bone (thebone just above the external generative organs) tothe breast bone, being about a ha
A handbook of obstetrical nursing for nurses, students, and mothers . re necessary. Suf-ficient night-dresses and vests should be providedto make it possible for the clothing to be changedevery day. Abdominal Two or three abdominal bandages, also, should bandages. . ^ _ ., . be provided, either fitted to the patients person orstraight. If fitted, the bandages should be pre-pared when the patient is about six months preg-nant, to be the right size after delivery. Thebandages should extend from the pubic bone (thebone just above the external generative organs) tothe breast bone, being about a half-yard wide and PREPARATIONS FOR THE LABOR. 79 long enough to go once around the body andoverlap one-third. It is best made of soft muslindoubled, the seams being turned in at the safety-pins should be provided for fasteningthis bandage down the front. Where the breasts are large and pendulous, some ^east esbandage may be required for their support. Anabdominal bandage may be used for this purpose,though it is rather wider than is necessary. Fig. Occlusion Dressing (Dr. Garrigues). When the physician does not require the anti-septic dressings, now almost universally used, atleast two dozen napkins of diaper linen should be for the mother, as very frequent changesof the napkin are essential during the first few daysafter the delivery, while the discharges are free. The antiseptic dressings used in the Womans^1^Hospital, of Philadelphia,.are essentially the same 80 OBSTETRICAL NURSING. as those recommended by Dr. Garrigues, of NewYork, known as the occlusion dressing. They con-sist of a piece of dry patent lint, 6X8 inches, whichhas previously been rendered antiseptic by satura-tion in a solution of bichloride of mercury is placed, doubled in its width, so as to makea dressing, 3X8 inches, directly over the externalorgans of generation. This lint is covered by apiece of gutta-percha tissue, 4X9 inches, which iswet in a 1-4000 solutio
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