A Text-book of nursingAppleton, 1885 - 396 pages |
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Page 38
... half feet long , three feet wide , and two , or , at most , two and a half , feet high . If it is too wide , the nurse will be unable to reach the patient without getting on the bed herself , always an objection- able proceeding ; if it ...
... half feet long , three feet wide , and two , or , at most , two and a half , feet high . If it is too wide , the nurse will be unable to reach the patient without getting on the bed herself , always an objection- able proceeding ; if it ...
Page 46
... half may be kept for the day - time and the other for the night . Be especially generous with pillow - cases . Have clean ones often . Pillows need to be frequently changed , or shaken up and turned , as they soon get hot and uncom ...
... half may be kept for the day - time and the other for the night . Be especially generous with pillow - cases . Have clean ones often . Pillows need to be frequently changed , or shaken up and turned , as they soon get hot and uncom ...
Page 65
... half a degree higher than in an artificial cavity . The mouth will be a little cooler than the cavities constantly closed , and the axil- læ cooler still , and it will take longer time for the mer- cury to rise in these places , unless ...
... half a degree higher than in an artificial cavity . The mouth will be a little cooler than the cavities constantly closed , and the axil- læ cooler still , and it will take longer time for the mer- cury to rise in these places , unless ...
Page 80
... half an hour with him occasionally . The very excitement of his visit will often temporarily change the entire aspect of the patient , and make him appear better or worse than he really is . In order to form correct judgments , it is ...
... half an hour with him occasionally . The very excitement of his visit will often temporarily change the entire aspect of the patient , and make him appear better or worse than he really is . In order to form correct judgments , it is ...
Page 83
... half the face , or it will be drawn and distorted - the healthy side being the one thus affected . Some painful abdominal affections are accompanied by a sort of sardonic smile - risus sardonicus — from contraction of the muscles of the ...
... half the face , or it will be drawn and distorted - the healthy side being the one thus affected . Some painful abdominal affections are accompanied by a sort of sardonic smile - risus sardonicus — from contraction of the muscles of 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.