The operating room and the patient / by Russell S. Fowler.

  • Fowler, Russell S. (Russell Story), 1874-1959.
Date:
1906
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Credit: The operating room and the patient / by Russell S. Fowler. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CONTENTS. PAGE Chapter I.—The Operating Room and its Personnel ii General considerations. Arrangement during operation. Preparation of table. Sinks. Scrub-up tray. Disinfec- tion of operating room; table; nickel; brass; glass. Per- , sonnel. Costumes: nurses, anesthetist, orderly, opera- tor and assistants, visitors. Operating room nurse. Jun- ior operating room nurse. Anesthetic nurse. Prelimi- nary training for nurses. Operating room orderly. Chapter II.—The Instrument and Supply Room 23 General considerations. Care of instruments. Brushes. Soap. Nail cleaners. Chlorinated lime and sodium car- bonate. Hand lotions. Caps. Masks. Rubber aprons. Gowns. Rubber gloves. Finger cots. Protectors. Lap- arotomy sheets. Perineal sheets. Anus protectors. Towels. Blankets. Screen covers. Rubber sheeting. Kelly pads. Pad covers. Bottle bags. Hand and leg bags. Powders. Iodoform. Zinc oxid. Saline pow- ders. Potassium permanganate. Oxalic acid. Thiersch powders. Boracic acid. Salicylic acid. Bichlorid of mercury. Bicarbonate of soda. Sodium chlorid. Mag- nesia sulphate. Bichromate of potash. Cocaine hydro- chlorate. Solutions. Bichloride of mercury. Carbolic acid. Boracic acid. Thiersch. Normal saline. Bichlo- rid permanganate. Permanganate of potassium. Ox- alic acid. Ammonia. Lime water. Iodoform emulsion. Chlorid of zinc. Bichromate of potash. Woelfier's. Tincture of iodin. Benzin. Alcohol. Sterile water. Hydrogen peroxid. Sodium bicarbonate. Commercial ether. Glycerin. Balsam of Peru. Ichthyol. Vase- lin. Olive oil. Whale oil and iodoform mixture. Par- affin. Cocain. Chapter III.—The Instrument and Supply Room (continued) 36 Gauzes. Iodoform. Zinc oxid. Boracic acid. Bichlo- rid of mercury. Thiersch. Balsam of Peru. Carbolized.