Diseases of women / by Alfred Lewis Galabin.

  • Galabin, Alfred Lewis.
Date:
1903
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Credit: Diseases of women / by Alfred Lewis Galabin. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    the head of the patient should be turned toward the light, immediately opposite and near to the best window available. It is an advantage also to have overhead a powerful electric light of- several burners, since in this position the front of the pelvis is shaded from the light, when a large tumour is turned out of the abdomen. A movable hand electric light to throw its rays into any cavities of pelvis or abdomen is also advantageous. As a portable frame for the Trendelenberg position, I am accustomed to use that invented by Mr. T. H. Morse, of Nor- wich, which is shown in Fig. 69. It is made of cycle tubing, and is constructed by Messrs. Holmes, Castle Hill Works, Norwich. It weighs only ten pounds with the case, and is packed into a canvas B IIIH |i T1|,\;,!,: III!, ii'i'i'ii'liiiT!r'ifli!|i|il|]!ll|'ijif|l'1il Fig. 69.-MoRSE's Portable Frame for Trendelenberg's Position, case, 35 inches long, and 3 inches in diameter. It is thus easilv carried m the hand, and placed on the rack of a railway carriage When the frame is in use, the slope b c, which supports the legs of the patient, is covered with a linen case, as well as the slope A B, ^yhlch supports her trunk and thighs, and the omUted TtH . ''^ ' ™s cover is omitted in the figure, m order to show the construction of the trame. I am accustomed to use a single cover, covering both s opes A B B c, which is slipped on from the end c after he frame is put together, a b c being extended in a s raigh ^r enl of ''T''' ^ '^'^ ^^^^^^ ^^^^ ^he erse rod thi h ' ^^^^^ ^ bet veef f T angle at b, bet^^een the two slopes, should be M-ell padded with a folded 6