Practical hints on district nursing / by Amy Hughes.

  • Hughes, Amy
Date:
1897
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Credit: Practical hints on district nursing / by Amy Hughes. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    One oz. glass pots with screw lids are needed for mercurialised or carbolised vaseline (1-1000 or 1-20), powder for cord (equal parts zinc and boracic to two of starch powder), permanganate of potash crystals, iodoform powder, and boracic crystals. A bottle of perchloride of mercury tabloids for lotion or douches, a 2 oz. bottle of creoline, the same quantity of brandy or whisky, 1 oz. liquid extract of ergot, 1 oz. tincture of iodine, and a bottle of bovril or Valentine’s meat juice are all useful. A box of strong safety pins, a packet of ordinary ones, a small tin box for the ligatures for the cord, which should be ready made of four to five strands of strong linen thread ; a washing hold-all containing threaded needles, cotton, tape, skein of linen thread, and squares of old linen cut ready for the cord and for washing the infant’s eyes, nose, and mouth ; ink bottle and pen, case papers, charts, blotting paper, and matches are needed, also a hand towel and soap box, containing a nail brush and carbolic soap. Preliminary Suggestions. When a nurse is engaged to attend a case either as midwife or monthly nurse, it is advis- able that she should see her patient at home before the confinement, and ascertain what pre-