A Text-book of nursingAppleton, 1885 - 396 pages |
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Page 9
... FRACTURES - DISLOCATIONS XVII . - BANDAGING AND STRAPPING XVIII . HÆMORRHAGES 80 94 · 118 . 135 143 • 151 • 160 · 173 183 191 • 205 • 216 226 XIX . - EMERGENCIES , SURGICAL AND MEDICAL 240 XX . - OBSTETRICS . 261 XXI . - SICK CHILDREN ...
... FRACTURES - DISLOCATIONS XVII . - BANDAGING AND STRAPPING XVIII . HÆMORRHAGES 80 94 · 118 . 135 143 • 151 • 160 · 173 183 191 • 205 • 216 226 XIX . - EMERGENCIES , SURGICAL AND MEDICAL 240 XX . - OBSTETRICS . 261 XXI . - SICK CHILDREN ...
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... fracture- board . It should have holes bored in it for ventilation . The propensity of hospital patients to stow away their personal property under the mattresses should be provided against . Give them other safe and convenient places ...
... fracture- board . It should have holes bored in it for ventilation . The propensity of hospital patients to stow away their personal property under the mattresses should be provided against . Give them other safe and convenient places ...
Page 210
... fracture becomes compound . A flesh wound existing together with a fracture does not render it compound , unless it leads down to the seat of fracture . A multiple fracture is one in which the bone is broken in two or more places . A ...
... fracture becomes compound . A flesh wound existing together with a fracture does not render it compound , unless it leads down to the seat of fracture . A multiple fracture is one in which the bone is broken in two or more places . A ...
Page 212
... fracture is solidly mended the provisional callus is reabsorbed . In four or five weeks , the callus will usually be hard enough to keep the bones in place , though it is not firm enough to leave unsupported under six or eight weeks ...
... fracture is solidly mended the provisional callus is reabsorbed . In four or five weeks , the callus will usually be hard enough to keep the bones in place , though it is not firm enough to leave unsupported under six or eight weeks ...
Page 213
... layers of them . Those on the outside should be cut with a selvedge . With either of these , the broken limb must be kept perfectly still until the bandages are firm . Sand - bags are used to keep them in position ; if they FRACTURES . 213.
... layers of them . Those on the outside should be cut with a selvedge . With either of these , the broken limb must be kept perfectly still until the bandages are firm . Sand - bags are used to keep them in position ; if they FRACTURES . 213.
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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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