Medical nursing : notes of lectures given to the probationers at the London Hospital / by the late James Anderson ; edited by Ethel F. Lamport ; with an introductory biographical notice by Sir Andrew Clark.

  • Anderson, James (1853-1893)
Date:
1894
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Credit: Medical nursing : notes of lectures given to the probationers at the London Hospital / by the late James Anderson ; edited by Ethel F. Lamport ; with an introductory biographical notice by Sir Andrew Clark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    When administered by mouth, only one grain or fifteen minims of opium may be given, but when given by rectum two grains or thirty minims is the usual dose. Sometimes nutritive suppositories are employed instead of, or alternately with, a nutrient enema. The suppository must be well oiled, also the first finger, and must be introduced into the rectum and pushed up as far as possible. Sometimes a gutta percha catheter, well oiled, may be used so as to push it somewhat higher.