Diseases of infancy and childhood (1914) (14772040495)

Identifier: diseasesofinfan00fisc (find matches)
Title: Diseases of infancy and childhood
Year: 1914 (1910s)
Authors: Fischer, Louis, 1864- (from old catalog)
Subjects: Children
Publisher: Philadelphia, F. A. Davis company (etc., etc.)
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress



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l^xiubaiion. Sccoinl sp. Tht^ 1(he optr;i1i)r will xMk o( \)\o o\(v:\c\ov lioKliiig tlu> tiilto tinnlyws til. \\\\m\ i(b-i>riii:\i. ) INTUBATION. 551 As soon as the cannula is inserted the introducer with ohturator at-tached is withdrawn by pressing forward the button on the upper surfaceof the handle with the thumb, while counter-pressure is made with theindex finger on the trigger beneath. In removing the obturator—the jointin the shank of which is intended to facilitate this part of the operation—the movements required for insertion are reversed. To prevent the tube
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Fig. 180.—Extubatioii. The left index finger finding the tube. Tliebeak of the extractor guided into the opening of the tube before removal •of the tube. (Original.) from being also withdrawn, the finger must be kept in contact with itsshoulder either on the side or posteriorly. The tube should be carried well down in the larynx before detachingit; otherwise ihe lower aperture will be left open and liable to strip otlpseudo-membrane as it is subsequently puv^hed home with the linger. Pbe gag is removed as soon as the tube is in place, but the string isallowed to remain in i)la(e long enough to be certain that the dyspuiva isrelieved and that no U>ose nuMubrane exists in the lower portion of the 552 THE IXFECTIOUS DISEASES. trachea. In some cases the presence of the thread is desirable because itexcites more coughing, which is necessary to expel accumulated secretiousand to inflate any collapse of the lungs that may have taken place. Inremoving the string the finger must be rein

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