A Text-book of nursingAppleton, 1885 - 396 pages |
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Page 49
... extreme , or the skin already abraded , it may be protected by covering with strips of soap - plaster , or by the application with a broad brush of a single coat of flexible collodion , or solution of gutta - percha . The pressure may ...
... extreme , or the skin already abraded , it may be protected by covering with strips of soap - plaster , or by the application with a broad brush of a single coat of flexible collodion , or solution of gutta - percha . The pressure may ...
Page 83
... extreme weakness may render it too great an exertion to move . Restless- ness is ominous in most organic diseases . Slipping to the foot of the bed is sometimes a very bad sign . A pinched and anxious look is often the forerunner of ...
... extreme weakness may render it too great an exertion to move . Restless- ness is ominous in most organic diseases . Slipping to the foot of the bed is sometimes a very bad sign . A pinched and anxious look is often the forerunner of ...
Page 86
... Extreme weakness and other causes often produce the same result . The degree of moisture or dryness of the skin , is always an important point . A high temperature with a wet skin , is much more alarming than the same temperature with a ...
... Extreme weakness and other causes often produce the same result . The degree of moisture or dryness of the skin , is always an important point . A high temperature with a wet skin , is much more alarming than the same temperature with a ...
Page 90
... extreme degree of shock there is no pain . Sudden cessation of pain dur- ing the progress of severe organic disease , generally heralds the approach of death . Pain may be inflamma- tory or neuralgic ; the former is increased by ...
... extreme degree of shock there is no pain . Sudden cessation of pain dur- ing the progress of severe organic disease , generally heralds the approach of death . Pain may be inflamma- tory or neuralgic ; the former is increased by ...
Page 106
... se- Mineral poison , in overdose inducing cretions . extreme prostration . Externally an irritant . Most used externally as an application to bruises . ARSENIC . Fowler's solut'n . m ij - x . 106 A TEXT - BOOK OF NURSING .
... se- Mineral poison , in overdose inducing cretions . extreme prostration . Externally an irritant . Most used externally as an application to bruises . ARSENIC . Fowler's solut'n . m ij - x . 106 A TEXT - BOOK OF NURSING .
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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.