Open AccessI. M. Lvov. About the best care for the umbilical cord. (Medical Review. 1893, No. 3)
Author(s) -
F. Krasnopolskiy
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
žurnalʺ akušerstva i ženskihʺ boleznej
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1684-0461
pISSN - 1683-9366
DOI - 10.17816/jowd75438-439
Subject(s) - medicine , umbilical cord , fetus , cord , anesthesia , obstetrics , surgery , pregnancy , anatomy , biology , genetics
Each of the existing methods of caring for the umbilical cord has known advantages and disadvantages. So, the previous method of the author (powdering with a mixture of 10 hours of magisterii bismuthi and 1 hour of iodoform), having the property of causing dry mummification of the umbilical cord, the remainder, not accompanied by either irritation or separation, is the inconvenience that the remnant does not disappear before 7 days, and it slowly drags on to 10, due to which all the time mothers have to be released with the unreported umbilical cord residue from the fetus.