Identifier: womaningirlhoodw00soli (find matches)
Title: ... Woman in girlhood, wifehood, motherhood; her responsibilities and her duties at all periods of life; a guide in the maintenance of her health and that of her children
Year: 1906 (1900s)
Authors: Solis-Cohen, Myer
Subjects: Women Child care
Publisher: Philadelphia, Chicago (etc.) The J.C. Winston co
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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cord lies between the fingers, and holding the scissorsclose to those fingers with his other hand, he cuts the cord offon the outer side of the knot. The child is then wrapped in awarm blanket and put in a safe place, preferably its basket orcrib. Care of a Premature Infant.—A premature child shouldbe placed in an incubator. In its absence a clothes basket, bath-tub or wooden box may be used. This should be lined first withheavy wrapping paper and then with heated cotton or blanketsand filled for half its depth with cotton wool. The child is laidin this and surrounded with hot water cans or bottles, and cov-ered all but its face and bottom with lambs wool, cotton woolor cotton batting, held in place by gauze bandages. A piece ofabsorbent cotton or wool should be placed between the childsthighs. A blanket or shawl then covers the basket with theexception of the babys head. The incubator is to be kept at atemperature of between 85 and 95 degrees Fahrenheit. 206 THE MANAGEMENT OF LABOR
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A Premature Infant in an Incubator. The Treatment of an Asphyxiated Baby.—If the child does not breathe after birth, the cord should be immediately tiedand cut as described below, and one of the following methodsof inducing artificial respiration, or all in succession, should betried. The child may be alternately folded and unfolded like abook, as shown in the accompanying -illustrations. It may besupported by the feet, with the forehead resting on a table, while THE MANAGEMENT OF LABOR 207

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