A Text-book of nursingAppleton, 1885 - 396 pages |
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Page 44
... pass . It takes two people to do this easily . The upper sheet can be changed with even less trouble , and no exposure . Free the clothes at the foot of the bed . Spread the clean sheet outside of them all , over it a blanket , and tuck ...
... pass . It takes two people to do this easily . The upper sheet can be changed with even less trouble , and no exposure . Free the clothes at the foot of the bed . Spread the clean sheet outside of them all , over it a blanket , and tuck ...
Page 49
... especially subjected to press- ure , and the first discovery of reddening or roughen- ing of the skin , or of pain on pressure , be accepted as a warning of serious import . If these symptoms pass unnoticed BED - SORES . 49.
... especially subjected to press- ure , and the first discovery of reddening or roughen- ing of the skin , or of pain on pressure , be accepted as a warning of serious import . If these symptoms pass unnoticed BED - SORES . 49.
Page 50
Mrs. Clara S. Shaw. warning of serious import . If these symptoms pass unnoticed or uncared for , the discoloration will become deeper , and the inflammation progress until sloughing ensues . After a bed - sore is actually formed , its ...
Mrs. Clara S. Shaw. warning of serious import . If these symptoms pass unnoticed or uncared for , the discoloration will become deeper , and the inflammation progress until sloughing ensues . After a bed - sore is actually formed , its ...
Page 56
... pass into the aorta , the main trunk of the arteries . This ascends from the upper part of the left ventricle for a short distance , then forms an arch back- ward over the root of the left lung , and passes down into the abdomen , where ...
... pass into the aorta , the main trunk of the arteries . This ascends from the upper part of the left ventricle for a short distance , then forms an arch back- ward over the root of the left lung , and passes down into the abdomen , where ...
Page 71
... pass into it . So the air expired retains its nitrogen , and takes car- bonic acid and water , but loses a part of its oxygen . The processes of circulation and respiration are thus intimately connected , and whatever modifies the pulse ...
... pass into it . So the air expired retains its nitrogen , and takes car- bonic acid and water , but loses a part of its oxygen . The processes of circulation and respiration are thus intimately connected , and whatever modifies the pulse ...
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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.