. Diseases of children. ep. Shower Baths or Sponge Baths.—The child shouldstand in a foot-tub containing warm water. A large spongeholding about a pint of water at from 40° to 60° be squeezed three or four times over the chest,shoulders, and spine of the child, the skin being vigorouslyrubbed meanwhile. The bath should not last more thanhalf a minute, and should be followed by a brisk rubbinguntil a thorough reaction is established. SYRINGING Eye Syringing.—The lids should be massaged toremove pus, then held apart by the fingers, and any dis-charge dislodged from beneath them. A soft-
. Diseases of children. ep. Shower Baths or Sponge Baths.—The child shouldstand in a foot-tub containing warm water. A large spongeholding about a pint of water at from 40° to 60° be squeezed three or four times over the chest,shoulders, and spine of the child, the skin being vigorouslyrubbed meanwhile. The bath should not last more thanhalf a minute, and should be followed by a brisk rubbinguntil a thorough reaction is established. SYRINGING Eye Syringing.—The lids should be massaged toremove pus, then held apart by the fingers, and any dis-charge dislodged from beneath them. A soft-rubberear syringe is filled with saturated solution of boric acidheated to 100° F., and the nozzle is placed at the innercan thus of the eye. The solution should be wiped away THE RAPE UTICS 443 with antiseptic cotton. Always wipe toward the externalcanthus, to avoid contamination of the other eye. Medi-cine which is to remain in the eye is dropped in at theexternal canthus. The rubber ear syringe is safer to use. Fig. 107.—Method of syringing eye. The cotton held against the nose should preventany infection of other eye. than the ordinary glass eye-dropper, as children are proneto struggle. Ear Syringing.—An ear syringe is filled with water at atemperature of 110° F, The soft-rubber nozzle is placedwithin the external auditory canal and the bulb gentlysqueezed. A half pint to a quart of water is used. A fountain syringe held on a level with the ear can besubstituted for the small syringe. The bag should befilled with a quart of water at 110° F., and a small nozzleheld in the auditory canal. Do not raise bag abovelevel of ear as it causes too great a pressure. 444 DISEASES OF CHILDREN FOR NURSES Nasal Syringing.—A soft-rubber nasal syringe is filledwith an antiseptic solution. The same syringe should
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