A Text-book of nursingAppleton, 1885 - 396 pages |
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Page 20
... cause of complaint . At least , do not set a thing down as unreasonable , and so do nothing about it , without thorough investigation . The senses of the sick are often abnormally acute , and a source of discomfort , as a bad odor or an ...
... cause of complaint . At least , do not set a thing down as unreasonable , and so do nothing about it , without thorough investigation . The senses of the sick are often abnormally acute , and a source of discomfort , as a bad odor or an ...
Page 41
... cause of the non - conducting air enclosed between them . Heavy quilts and counterpanes will be found burden- some . The old - fashioned cotton comforter is heavy , and not proportionately warm . Eider - down quilts , or duvets , are ...
... cause of the non - conducting air enclosed between them . Heavy quilts and counterpanes will be found burden- some . The old - fashioned cotton comforter is heavy , and not proportionately warm . Eider - down quilts , or duvets , are ...
Page 48
... cause , and the greatest pains must be taken to keep it free from wrinkles , crumbs , and ine- qualities of any kind . The patient's clothes must not be permitted to get into folds or creases under him . The skin may be hardened by ...
... cause , and the greatest pains must be taken to keep it free from wrinkles , crumbs , and ine- qualities of any kind . The patient's clothes must not be permitted to get into folds or creases under him . The skin may be hardened by ...
Page 50
... causes pain , and to dress with oxide - of - zinc ointment or vaseline . A mixture of tannic acid and oxide of zinc , a scruple of each , worked up into an ointment with an ounce of vaseline , is sometimes recommended . When a slough ...
... causes pain , and to dress with oxide - of - zinc ointment or vaseline . A mixture of tannic acid and oxide of zinc , a scruple of each , worked up into an ointment with an ounce of vaseline , is sometimes recommended . When a slough ...
Page 51
... cause of bed - sores is defective nutrition . If neglected , they may result fatally , as the constant discharge may prove too great a drain upon an already debilitated patient , or pyæmia may supervene from its reabsorption into the ...
... cause of bed - sores is defective nutrition . If neglected , they may result fatally , as the constant discharge may prove too great a drain upon an already debilitated patient , or pyæmia may supervene from its reabsorption into the ...
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abdomen acid action albumen antiseptic aorta applied arteries bandage bath bleeding blister blood body bones bowels breath Bright's disease burn called cantharides carbolic carbolic acid catheter cavity chest child chloroform clean Cloth cold water common condition constipation covered danger diarrhoea digestion discharge disease disinfected dose dressings dyspnoea effect emetic enema fever finger fluid fracture give given hæmorrhage head heart heat important inflammation injury intestinal irritation keep less limb lungs matter medicine membrane milk mouth mucous mucous membrane muscles nausea necessary nurse ounces pain patient pint placenta plaster poison poultice pressure pulse quantity rectum relieved removed respiration salt sheet sick sick-room side skin solution sometimes specific gravity sponge stimulants strangury STRYCHNIA sugar surface symptoms tablespoonful taken temperature Tincture tion tissues trachea treatment tube urine usually uterus ventilation vomiting ward warm washed wound
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Page 132 - Carrageen moss, pour over it two cups of boiling water, and let it stand where it will keep hot, but not boil, for two hours.