The diseases of infancy and childhood (1910) (14577380718)

Identifier: diseasesofinfa00kopl (find matches)
Title: The diseases of infancy and childhood
Year: 1910 (1910s)
Authors: Koplik, Henry, 1858- (from old catalog)
Subjects: Children
Publisher: New York and Philadelphia, Lea & Febiger
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress



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Gag of the ODwyer sot. 404 THE SPECIFIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES.Fig. 69. J ■ \ — ^*~~ , 1 Introduction of the tube along the index finger. Fig. 70. J ~- - ^^^ ~~^ ^^^N . jfc^-Sii^-^N. * > ^ < • t kjp *^c*5^cp^ / ■ V ■^ \jr -^H it Passing the tube over the epiglottis. Figs. 69, 70.—The operation of intubation of the larynx. Position of child, operator and assistant. DIPHTHEEIA, 405 Fig. 71.
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Introduction of the tube into the chink of the glottis. Fig. 72. >Ji ;/ kv I v_ The index finger pushes the head Of the tube Into place in the larynx. Figs. 71, 72.—The operation of intubation of the larynx. Position of child, operator ami assistant. 406 THE SPECIFIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES. held upright in the arms of a nurse, so that the head of the patientis on a level convenient to the operator, who stands facing the patient.An assistant standing behind the nurse steadies the head of the patient.The gag is introduced by depressing the tongue and jaw with a tongue-depressor. The assistant steadies the gag as he holds the head tiltedvery slightly backward. The tube, threaded with a silk ligature, iswith its introducer held firmly with the right hand. The index fingerof the left hand is now introduced into the mouth to the root of thetongue and search made for the epiglottis. In young infants1 the Fig. 73.