Identifier: diagnosistreatmecros (find matches)
Title: The diagnosis and treatment of diseases of women
Year: 1907 (1900s)
Authors: Crossen, Harry Sturgeon, 1869-
Subjects: Genital Diseases, Female Gynecology Gynecology Women Generative organs, Female
Publisher: St. Louis : Mosby
Contributing Library: Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine
Digitizing Sponsor: Open Knowledge Commons and Harvard Medical School

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atampon. The piece of cotton is folded and the ends are tied together and the string looped, d. A small bowlcontaining tampons ready for use. the vagina. Used in this way it makes a much more effective hemostatic thanwhen used perfectly dry. USE OF TAMPON-CAPSULES 327 For keeping inflamed surfaces separated, tampons of cotton or gauze-strips areused in the various forms of vaginitis. To support the uterus or hold it in position, dry gauze or cotton or wool is used.Wool has more spring in it than cotton or gauze, consequently a wool tamponis the best in cases where only support is required. Sometimes the wool tamponirritates the vagina, in which case it may be covered with a thin layer of cotton asbefore mentioned. When cotton is used for supporting tampons, ordinary cottonis better than absorbent cotton, as the latter absorbs fluids rapidly and soon losesits elasticity. A tampon or tamponade for support should be put in with thepatient in the Sims posture or in the knee-chest posture.
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Fig. 451. Tampon-Capsules. a. Large size. b. Small size. o. The cap removed, showing the tampon,d. A tampon-capsule prepared, ready for introduction. The cap was removed and the medicine poured into thecap, which was then replaced. The dark ichthyol mixture shows through the transparent cap. TAMPON-CAPSULES. Ordinarily, all tampons are introduced by the physician. When, however, it isadvisable that tampons be applied at home by the patient, betAveen the office visitsor in conditions in which the patient can not well come to the office, the tampon-capsule may be used. The tampon-capsule is a large capsule of special designcontaining a plain wool tampon with a string attached. There are two sizes (Fig.451). They come in boxes of a dozen and may be purchased from the druggist orwholesale drug-houses. They are convenient for use immediately after the hotdouche, to secure hygroscopic effect. Just before use, the patient removes the cap 328 GYNECOLOGIC TREATMENT from the capsule, pours in a

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