A Text-book of nursingAppleton, 1885 - 396 pages |
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... ORGANS IN THEIR NATURAL RELATIONS . The heart is partly covered by the lungs , but its true outline is indicated by a dotted line . Only ten ribs are shown on each side , the eleventh and twelfth ( the floating ribs ) being too short to ...
... ORGANS IN THEIR NATURAL RELATIONS . The heart is partly covered by the lungs , but its true outline is indicated by a dotted line . Only ten ribs are shown on each side , the eleventh and twelfth ( the floating ribs ) being too short to ...
Page 13
... organ- ism . " Any departure from either of these three con- ditions constitutes disease . There is recognized in na- ture a certain tendency to reparation , a predisposition to return to the conditions of health , whenever there has ...
... organ- ism . " Any departure from either of these three con- ditions constitutes disease . There is recognized in na- ture a certain tendency to reparation , a predisposition to return to the conditions of health , whenever there has ...
Page 54
... organ , situated nearly in the center of the chest . The apex , pointing downward , forward , and to the left , can be felt between the fifth and sixth ribs . The base is on a level with the upper border of the third rib . The base is ...
... organ , situated nearly in the center of the chest . The apex , pointing downward , forward , and to the left , can be felt between the fifth and sixth ribs . The base is on a level with the upper border of the third rib . The base is ...
Page 68
... organs , the chief of which are the lungs , trachea , and muscles of the chest . The lungs themselves are of a sponge - like substance , composed of air - cells lined by a network of minute blood - vessels . These blood - vessels are ...
... organs , the chief of which are the lungs , trachea , and muscles of the chest . The lungs themselves are of a sponge - like substance , composed of air - cells lined by a network of minute blood - vessels . These blood - vessels are ...
Page 84
... organs are accom- panied by cough . This is caused by irritation of the air - passages , and is often an effort at the expulsion of a foreign body . Matters coughed up are called sputa . Cough not accompanied by expectoration is said to ...
... organs are accom- panied by cough . This is caused by irritation of the air - passages , and is often an effort at the expulsion of a foreign body . Matters coughed up are called sputa . Cough not accompanied by expectoration is said to ...
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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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