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Credit: Practical hints on district nursing / by Amy Hughes. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Dress. Every maternity nurse, whether midwife or not, should wear dresses of washing material, and light aprons. The dress sleeves should unbutton at the wrists so that they can be turner] up over the elbows; oversleeves are not desirable for midwifery work. No rings, except perfectly plain bands, should be worn. A bonnet without a veil and white washing strings is most suitable. Whenever possible, a nurse should have a bath, including her hair, and change all her garments before attending as a midwife. The skin of her hands should be free from roughness and abra- sions, especially the index and second fingers of the right hand, and the nails should be quite short and scrupulously clean. Special Bag. The midwifery bag should be lined with leather, and over that a removable lining of holland or s milar material which can be frequently washed. The bag should contain an irrigator with glass nozzle (without a terminal hole), a Higginson syringe complete in a sponge bag, a gum elastic and a glass catheter (No. 7 or 8), a papier- mache receiver, blunt-pointed surgical scissors, clinical thermometer, medicine and minim measure glasses in a case, and a bath ther- mometer.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21535486_0094.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
