A Text-book of nursingAppleton, 1885 - 396 pages |
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... POULTICES , FOMENTATIONS , AND OTHER APPLICATIONS XII . - BATHS - MASSAGE XIII . - URINE XIV . CONTAGION AND DISINFECTION XV . - SURGICAL NURSING - OPERATIONS XVI . - BONES - FRACTURES - DISLOCATIONS XVII . - BANDAGING AND STRAPPING ...
... POULTICES , FOMENTATIONS , AND OTHER APPLICATIONS XII . - BATHS - MASSAGE XIII . - URINE XIV . CONTAGION AND DISINFECTION XV . - SURGICAL NURSING - OPERATIONS XVI . - BONES - FRACTURES - DISLOCATIONS XVII . - BANDAGING AND STRAPPING ...
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... poultice ; it is warm , soft , absorbent , and consequently nearly always damp . Unless it is stuffed uncommonly full , the patient sinks at once into a hole ; it is impossible to keep it level , and , if it once gets wet , there is no ...
... poultice ; it is warm , soft , absorbent , and consequently nearly always damp . Unless it is stuffed uncommonly full , the patient sinks at once into a hole ; it is impossible to keep it level , and , if it once gets wet , there is no ...
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... poultices . As it becomes de- tached , it almost invariably reveals greater extent of injury than its superficial ... poultice for an hour . After the separation of the slough , the resulting ulcerated surface is treated with some ...
... poultices . As it becomes de- tached , it almost invariably reveals greater extent of injury than its superficial ... poultice for an hour . After the separation of the slough , the resulting ulcerated surface is treated with some ...
Page 143
... poultices on the feet , or a mustard foot - bath , may be employed for the relief of the head . Mild counter - irritation results from hot fomentations and poultices , and from the various ammoniacal and camphorated liniments . One of ...
... poultices on the feet , or a mustard foot - bath , may be employed for the relief of the head . Mild counter - irritation results from hot fomentations and poultices , and from the various ammoniacal and camphorated liniments . One of ...
Page 145
... poultice ap- plied , which will usually produce the desired effect . In taking off the plaster , be careful not to tear the skin , and clean off with a little oil any adherent particles . When the blister is well raised , make a slight ...
... poultice ap- plied , which will usually produce the desired effect . In taking off the plaster , be careful not to tear the skin , and clean off with a little oil any adherent particles . When the blister is well raised , make a slight ...
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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.