Pictorial midwifery : an atlas of midwifery for pupil midwives / by Sir Comyns Berkeley.

  • Comyns Berkeley
Date:
1941
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Credit: Pictorial midwifery : an atlas of midwifery for pupil midwives / by Sir Comyns Berkeley. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    FIG. 243.—INTRA-UTERINE INJECTION OF GLYCERINE FOR PUERPERAL SEPSIS. 1. Tincture of iodine with which to swab the vulva and vagina. 2. Clips with which to fasten the sterilized towels, or perineal cover. 3. Ring forceps to hold swabs and to steady the neck of the uterus. 4. Sims's speculum to retract the posterior wall of the uterus. 5. Hobbs’s speculum with which to retract the anterior wall of the vagina. Con¬ venient, but not necessary. 6. Sterilized swab with which to take a specimen of the uterine content. 7. Hobbs’s forceps for introducing the indiarubber uterine catheter. Convenient, but not necessary. 8. Indiarubber catheter for insertion into the uterus. 9. Syringe to be filled with 10 c.c. of glycerine for injection into the uterus.