The care of the baby : a manual for mothers and nurses, containing practical directions for the management of infancy and childhood in health and in disease / by J. P. Crozer Griffith.

  • John Price Crozer Griffith
Date:
1903
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Credit: The care of the baby : a manual for mothers and nurses, containing practical directions for the management of infancy and childhood in health and in disease / by J. P. Crozer Griffith. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Augustus C. Long Health Sciences Library at Columbia University and Columbia University Libraries/Information Services, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the the Augustus C. Long Health Sciences Library at Columbia University and Columbia University.

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    6. Disinfectants. 97. Carbolic Acid. Carbolic acid (Calvert's No. 4), 6]/i ounces; Glycerin, 4 fluidounces; Water, i gallon. This forms a 5 per cent, solution suitable for disinfecting dishes, clothing, thermometers, metal work, and the hands of the nurse. Clothes should be soaked in it for several hours, then wrung out, carried away in a covered bucket, and boiled thoroughly. It may be used also to wet the sheet hung at the door. 98. Chloride of Lime, Chloride of lime, 4 ounces; Water (soft), i gallon. A pint or a quart of this is to be thoroughly mixed with the passages from the bowels of typhoid-fever cases, covered, and allowed to stand for three hours before emptying. The solution may also be used to mix with any infectious expectorated or vomited matter. 99. Chlorinated Soda. Solution of chlorinated soda, 6 fluidounces; Water, enough to make i quart. Useful for disinfecting the hands, eating utensils (except silver), etc., but not so suitable for clothing as No. 97. It may be used to wet the sheet in front of the door. 100. Corrosive-Sublimate Solution, No. 1. Corrosive sublimate, 2 ounces ; Tartaric acid, 24 Carminate of soda, 8 grains ; Water, i quart.