Identifier: nurseshandboo00cook (find matches)
Title: A nurse's handbook of obstetrics, for use in training-schools
Year: 1909 (1900s)
Authors: Cooke, Joseph Brown. (from old catalog)
Subjects: Obstetrics
Publisher: Philadelphia and London, J. B. Lippincott company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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he child is in the care of some member ofthe family, the mischief will be done. Whenever redness of the buttocks appears the use of soapand water on the inflamed skin is to be discontinued at once, andthe parts are to be cleansed only with warm sweet oil and dustedcarefully with talcum powder, so that no vestige of moisture ispresent at any time. This will usually check the inflammation,and the skin will return to its normal healthy condition, but ifthe irritation continues and the chafing grows worse instead ofbetter it should be brought to the notice of the physician, whowill probably order some mild and soothing ointment. CARE OF THE SCALP. 283 Diapers that are but slightly damp with urine may be driedthoroughly and used a second time, but before they are usedagain they should be washed, boiled, and ironed properly. It isbetter, of course, to use only diapers that are fresh from thelaundry, and this should be done as far as possible and alwaysif there is any irritation of the skin.
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Fig. 146.—Infants night-gown. (Rotch). Carelessness in cleansing the scalp will result in the conditionknown as seborrhea capitis, which consists of an over-secretionof the sebaceous glands, mixed with dirt, forming a yellowish-brown, waxy-looking crust on the head. This will never occurif the child is properly cared for, and when the condition isencountered the crusts should be gradually softened with warm 284 A NURSES HANDBOOK OF OBSTETRICS. sweet oil and removed as gently as possible, after which, if thehead is kept clean, there will be no return of the trouble. The newly born infant requires a great deal of sleep, and isto be kept in its bed or bassinette except when it is removed forsome special purpose, such as nursing or bathing. At a regularhour every evening, just before a nursing period (preferably alittle before five oclock), it is to be undressed completely andattired in its night-gown (Fig. 146) for the night. This gar-ment is made of stockinet or flannel, according to

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