Identifier: diseasesofchildr00mcco (find matches)
Title: Diseases of children, for nurses, including infant feeding, therapeutic measures employed in childhood, treatment for emergencies, prophylaxis, hygiene, and nursing
Year: 1921 (1920s)
Authors: McCombs, Robert Shelmerdine, 1880-
Subjects: Children Nursing
Publisher: Philadelphia, London : W. B. Saunders company
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University

View Book Page: Book Viewer
About This Book: Catalog Entry
View All Images: All Images From Book
Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book.

Text Appearing Before Image:
bottles shouldsurround the child and an ice-cap or cold cloths shouldbe appHed to the head. These hot applications can beapplied every twenty or thirty minutes until free per-spiration is produced. Hot water or lemonade may begiven to induce sweating; the sweat may be continued aslong as desirable. At the expiration of the necessarytime the moist blanket is removed, care being taken not toexpose the child, a warm, dry blanket taking its place.The child is then sponged with warm water and alcoholto remove the perspiration. The undershirt and night-gown are then replaced and the ice-cap removed, thechild always remaining between warm blankets. 462 DISEASES OF CHILDREN FOR NURSES Modified Hot Pack.—The child is wrapped in dry hotblankets. Hot-water bottles are placed under the arms,knees, and feet. An ice-cap over the head. Hot lemon-ade should be given and the pack terminate as above. Vapor Bath.—The bed should be covered with a mack-intosh and blanket. The clothing is removed and a
Text Appearing After Image:
Fig. 117.—Vapor bath. The covers are held above patient by means of a frame.They are tightly tucked in all around bed. The steam is introduced from kettie at footof bed. An ice-cap is applied to head. Warm or cold beverages are administered toInduce perspiration. blanket is placed loosely over the child. A frame reachingfrom the neck to well below the feet is placed over thepatient. All metal parts of the frame must be coveredby a bandage or old muslin to prevent condensation of the THERA PE UTICS 463 steam. Over the frame, in the following order, are placed,first, a blanket, then a mackintosh with the rubber sidetoward the patient, completely covering the frame, and,finally, several blankets covering the whole apparatus.A thermometer should be placed on the chest of the childwhere it can be readily obtained. The covers are thentucked in securely at the top and both sides of the frame.If desired the blanket which loosely covers the child cannow be withdra\vn from the opening at the

Note About Images