A Text-book of nursingAppleton, 1885 - 396 pages |
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Page 33
... occurred during the night . For work to go on smoothly , there needs to be the greatest harmony and accord among all the nurses . They have devoted themselves to a common object , with which no petty personal feeling should ever be ...
... occurred during the night . For work to go on smoothly , there needs to be the greatest harmony and accord among all the nurses . They have devoted themselves to a common object , with which no petty personal feeling should ever be ...
Page 61
... occur at regular intervals , as every tenth or twentieth beat may be lost , or it may be without any regularity . An ... occurs a little later in one radial artery than in the other , it is said to be retarded . This usually indicates ...
... occur at regular intervals , as every tenth or twentieth beat may be lost , or it may be without any regularity . An ... occurs a little later in one radial artery than in the other , it is said to be retarded . This usually indicates ...
Page 63
... occurring even before indisposition is felt . It is of importance to get this first variation from the normal temperature ; and as medical advice is not likely to be called for until more evident symptoms have mani- fested themselves ...
... occurring even before indisposition is felt . It is of importance to get this first variation from the normal temperature ; and as medical advice is not likely to be called for until more evident symptoms have mani- fested themselves ...
Page 83
... occurs in affections both of the lungs and of the heart . Lying quietly is usually a favorable sign ; but , in acute rheumatism , the patient is quiet because the least motion causes pain . Again , extreme weakness may render it too ...
... occurs in affections both of the lungs and of the heart . Lying quietly is usually a favorable sign ; but , in acute rheumatism , the patient is quiet because the least motion causes pain . Again , extreme weakness may render it too ...
Page 85
... may usher in acute dis- ease ; if they occur in the course of inflammation , they probably indicate suppuration ; in malarial affections , they are severe and prolonged , but not dangerous . THE OBSERVATION OF SYMPTOMS . 85.
... may usher in acute dis- ease ; if they occur in the course of inflammation , they probably indicate suppuration ; in malarial affections , they are severe and prolonged , but not dangerous . THE OBSERVATION OF SYMPTOMS . 85.
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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.