A Text-book of nursingAppleton, 1885 - 396 pages |
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... OBSTETRICS . 261 XXI . - SICK CHILDREN 279 XXII . SPECIAL MEDICAL CASES 289 XXIII . THE TERMINATIONS OF DISEASE 303 QUESTIONS FOR REVIEW AND EXAMINATION . VOCABULARY 311 371 INDEX . 393 A TEXT - BOOK OF NURSING . CHAPTER I. Necessity.
... OBSTETRICS . 261 XXI . - SICK CHILDREN 279 XXII . SPECIAL MEDICAL CASES 289 XXIII . THE TERMINATIONS OF DISEASE 303 QUESTIONS FOR REVIEW AND EXAMINATION . VOCABULARY 311 371 INDEX . 393 A TEXT - BOOK OF NURSING . CHAPTER I. Necessity.
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... disease . There is recognized in na- ture a certain tendency to reparation , a predisposition to return to the conditions of health , whenever there has been any deviation from them . To assist this is the object of treatment . To keep ...
... disease . There is recognized in na- ture a certain tendency to reparation , a predisposition to return to the conditions of health , whenever there has been any deviation from them . To assist this is the object of treatment . To keep ...
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... disease can be more completely isolated . On no account should there be stationary basins in the sick - room itself . If you find there such modern conveniences , cork up the overflow holes , or stop them with plaster of Paris , and ...
... disease can be more completely isolated . On no account should there be stationary basins in the sick - room itself . If you find there such modern conveniences , cork up the overflow holes , or stop them with plaster of Paris , and ...
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... disease , finds few things more seriously affecting his comfort than the condition of his bed . To know how best to arrange and take care of it , is very important for the nurse . When you go to take charge of a private pa- tient , who ...
... disease , finds few things more seriously affecting his comfort than the condition of his bed . To know how best to arrange and take care of it , is very important for the nurse . When you go to take charge of a private pa- tient , who ...
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... disease , as it varies with the condition of the heart , and affords an accurate index of its action . It is usually taken at the radial artery , just above the wrist , for convenience ; if it becomes imperceptible there , it may ...
... disease , as it varies with the condition of the heart , and affords an accurate index of its action . It is usually taken at the radial artery , just above the wrist , for convenience ; if it becomes imperceptible there , it may ...
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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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