Gynæcological nursing / by G. A. Hawkins-Ambler.

  • Hawkins-Ambler, George A. (George Arthur), active 1900.
Date:
1900
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Credit: Gynæcological nursing / by G. A. Hawkins-Ambler. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by King’s College London. The original may be consulted at King’s College London.

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    DOUCHING. PATIENTS are usually douched for (i) cleansing purposes; (2) for the application of drugs to the vagina and neck of the uterus; and (3) to relieve inflammation in the pelvis. In the former cases it is usually sufficient to use one or two pints of either sterilised water, or water in which some antiseptic or other medicament has been dissolved. Common disinfectants would be corrosive sublimate lotion (1 part in 2000 or 3000 of water), 1 in 40 carbolic acid, Condy’s Fluid, Sanitas, Jeyes’ Fluid, or other antiseptic. Amongst the medicaments in common use we have sugar of lead (quarter of an ounce to one or two pints of water), decoction of poppy heads, sugar of lead with laudanum in equal proportions, sulphate of zinc, alum, and many others. The appliances are a bed-pan, a douche-can with long tube and a vaginal attachment, a mackintosh sheet, sterilised water (hot), and a towel. The bed-pan must be warmed and placed