Identifier: nursinginabdomi00full (find matches)
Title: Nursing in abdominal surgery and diseases of women
Year: 1893 (1890s)
Authors: Fullerton, Anna M. (Anna Martha), 1853-1938
Subjects: Surgical nursing Abdomen Women
Publisher: Philaldelphia, P. Blakiston, son & co.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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Rubber Bed-pan. A form of syringe, which-enables the patient todo without a bed-pan, has recently been devised.It is known as the Gordon Utero-Vaginal Irriga-tor. The nozzle is adjusted near a bulb, which isintended to fit into the vaginal orifice, and thus ob-struct the return flow from the vulva. An outletof metal is connected with this bulb, and to it along piece of rubber tubing is attached, which com- GENERAL NURSING IN PELVIC DISEASES. I95 municates with a waste bucket. The patient lies,as before described, on the edge of the bed, withher limbs drawn up, a piece of rubber cloth beneathher hips. The reservoir containing the water to beused is placed at the head of the bed, elevated some Fig. 49.
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Utero-Vaginal Irrigator. distance above the level on which the patient lies.The tubing from the reservoir is connected with thereceiving pipe of the bulb. Through this the waterpasses into the vagina, and is carried away by theoutlet pipe and tubing. The bulb should be air-tight, for unless fully distended the water will 196 DISEASES OF WOMEN. Positionin whichvaginalinjectionsare taken. escape through the vulva from around it and thevalue of the apparatus will be destroyed. The sizeof the bulb will of necessity have to correspond tothe size of the vulva. This syringe, when it workswell, is not only of advantage as doing away withthe bed-pan, but will enable the douche to be takenat a much higher temperature than ordinary, forthe water does not flow over the skin on its exitfrom the vulva, which is far more susceptible to theeffect of heat than is mucous membrane. A tem-perature of from I20°-I25° Fahr. can thus read- Fig. 50.

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