A short manual for monthly nurses / by Charles J. Cullingworth.

  • Cullingworth, Charles J. (Charles James), 1841-1908.
Date:
1907
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Licence: In copyright

Credit: A short manual for monthly nurses / by Charles J. Cullingworth. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    one or two tablespoonfuls (half a lluid ounce to a fluid ounce), according to the size of the fomenta- tion, are to be cjuickly sprinkled over that face of the flannel which is to go next to the patient’s skin. The flannel should be completely covered in by means of a fold or two of warm dry flannel or a piece of macintosh sheeting and should be allowed to remain on for about twenty minutes. If kept on too long, it may produce blisters, which is not an effect desired. Some dry cotton-wool should be applied to the part when the turpentine fomentation is removed. A Linseed-meal poultice should be made as follows : Put a little boiling- water into a basin that has been previously warmed by being rinsed out with hot water, and cpiickly add, little by little, stirring well the whole time, a sufficient quantity of linseed-meal to make a firm poultice. When it is mixed, spread it thickly by means of a broad knife or spatula, dipped in hot water, upon a piece of linen or cotton or upon tow, leaving an uncovered margin to be turned in over the edge. A layer of muslin placed over the face of the poultice prevents detached fragments of linseed from adhering to the skin, without inter- fering with its efficacy. A poultice, like a fomentation, should be applied as hot as the patient can bear it. If it is too hot for the nurse to be able to bear it against her owm face she may conclude that it is hotter than a patient can 3
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