Inhaltsangabe
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1916 Excerpt: ... The care of the stump should be conducted under aseptic precautions. It should be wrapped in sterilized gauze and held in place by an abdominal gauze bandage. So soon as the dressings are soiled, they should be renewed in the same manner. During the bath, unless the bath is omitted until the cord comes off, the dressings are cut through at the back, the adhering portion being loosened by the water. The discharging wound, which remains after the cord has fallen off, may be powdered lightly with dermatol and kept covered with a bandage until it is dry. The stump of the cord should not be wrapped in cotton. It is well also to avoid the use of adhesive plaster, cambric bandages or any other bandage material which is practically impervious to air. II. THE PATHOLOGY OF THE NEW-BORN INFANT DEFORMITIES Immediately after the birth of the infant, deformities should be looked for. Harelip, cleft palate, club foot, amniotic constrictions, spina bifida and similar defects are not easily overlooked. On the contrary other anomalies, as, for example, imperforate anus, opening of the rectum into the vagina, congenital heart lesions, are often not discovered for several days, and the latter condition frequently not for years. BIRTH INJURIES Asphyxia. Conditions of asphyxia appear usually, in the new-born infant, in immediate connection with birth. They may, however, appear some days later in mature, as well as in prematurely-born children; but especially the latter. They are rarely observed in older infants. (a) Asphyxia occurring in direct connection with birth has its cause in anomalies of the act of delivery, such as weak labor pains, protracted labor, premature detachment of the placenta, compression of the umbilical cord, etc. In all of these cases, disturbances of the...
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